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tartness in the flavour. The seeds arc long and slender, and 

 the fruit ripens at the beginning of September. The tree 

 propagates botli on the quince and pear. Quintinye and 

 Evelyn arrange the Tuliped or Fly Pear, and the Villain 

 Pear of Anjou, as distinct fruits ; but Miller, it will be per- 

 ceived, unites them, and from what authority I know not. 



WHITE DOYENNE. Pom. mag. Pr. cat. 



Virgalieu, Doyenne, St. Michael, <Sj-c. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



DoyennC', Beurr6 blanc, or St. Michael. Roz. 



Doyenne. Quin. Duh. Mil. For. 



Doyenne, Dean's, or St. Michael. Evel. 



Doyenn6 blanc. Lond. Hort. See. cat. 



Beurr6 blanc, \ 



Saint Michel, \ Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 



Bonne-ente, j 



Beurre doyenne blanc, of some French catalogues. 



St. Michel. Quin. syn. 



Beurr6 blanc d'automne, \ 



White or autumn butter pear, > Mil. syn. 



Snoio pear, j 



St. Michael's. Mil. Fes. Amer. Gard. 



Dean's pear. Mil. syn. and others. 



Poire de neige. Mil. syn. and others. 



Valencia or Valentia. Mil. syn. and others. 



Carlisle. Mil. syn. and others. 



Poire de Limon, 



Poire Monsieur, 



Poire a courte queue, 



CitrondeSeptembre, \^ ^^ ^^^.^^^ collections. 



Poire de beigneur, 



White butter. 



White beurre, 



Kaiserbirne, 



Die weisse herbst butterbirne. Christ. 



Yellow butter, Beurr6 dorie, or St. Michaels. Coxe. 



Bu cr J ' 4 °^ some American gardens. 

 Garner, or Gardner, of the state of Rhode Island. 



I extract the following description from the Pomological 

 Magazine. " This is a very old and excellent pear, which has 

 so long been a favourite with cultivators, especially in France 

 and Germany, that its names have become in themselves a 



