62 The Gardener's New Dir.ector. 



No. 27. Monfteur John. Of this are reckoned two 

 kinds, the white and the grey. ( Pyrus fru^u tuberofoy 

 fcffili, faccharata came (liira. To urn. he Meffirejeatiy 

 Quint.) 'I'hefe Pears are tolerably large, their fub- 

 ftance is hard and breaking, and their juice is fwec-t. It 

 has been objeded to tljcm, that their lubftance is fome- 

 times gritty. The trees .ire hardy, they make a pood fi- 

 gure in every fhape, when properly Hained, and gene- 

 rally bear well. 



No. 28. Marquis's Pear (Pyrus fmau tuberofo, fefpliy 

 e viridi flavefccnte, maculis 7zigris confperfo) carne ienera 

 JaccharatQj ToURN. La Marquis, Qi'lNx.) is very large 

 and hand'omely fiiaped ; the head is flat, the eye is iVnail 

 and funk in, the belly big, and the fize diminilhes gra- 

 dually to the ftalk : the fkin is rough and jellow, with 

 red fpots : when ripe its fiefh is tender and fine ; its 

 juice is plenteous, and agreeably fweet. The tree makes 

 a good llandard, dwarf, or efpalier, and is a tolerable 

 bearer. 



No. 29. Eeurre (Pyrus f met 11 fuavilJlmOy in ore li- 

 quefcentc, To URN. Beurre, Quint ) is a large Pear, of 

 an oval fnape, with a fhort thick foot-tla!k. The co- 

 lours of this fpecies are fo various, that they have occa- 

 fioned the name of grey, red, and green, air^ong the 

 nurferymen : its flefh is fine and delicate, and its tafle 

 exalted by a fweet aromatic perfume. It ripened tiie 

 end of Ohober 1762, on a fouth-eafc afpect. The wood 

 of the tree is weak, the branches are numerous ; it 

 thrives well on a wall, though it is even there no great 

 bearer. There are perhaps but few foils and fituations in 

 Scotland, in which the Beurre will thrive and bear in the 

 open air. 



PEARS FOR Winter. 

 No. I. Brier Buflj is a fmall Pear, nearly round, with 

 a iTiort thick foot-ftalk: when ripe, it is of a red colour 

 where it was expofed to the fun, and yellow en the o- 

 ther fide: its fiefh, though hard, is juicy, and of an 

 aromatic tafleful fweetnefs. It was ripe the beginning 

 of November 1762. The wood of the tree is (mail, the 

 branches are numerous, the fpurs on the branches fre- 

 quent, and the tree is remarkably fruitful. 



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