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THE PEAR. 



Vicar of Winkfield. 



Vicar of Wakefield, 

 Le Cure, 



Monsieur le Cure, 

 Clion. 



Foreign, First found growing wild in a wood by M. Clion, a French 

 curate, hence the names, Clion, Le Cure, &c. ; afterwards it was grown in 

 a garden at Winkfield, Berkshire, by Ptev. Dr. Rham, and received the 

 name of Vicar of Winkfield, concentrating the two associations in the one 



name, and which, being of our own language, is to be preferred. It is a 

 most profitable variety, grown on the quince stock, and, although only 

 second quality, it is always fair and large. Tree, a vigorous grower, with 

 large, roundish, glossy leaves ; shoots, diverging, dark olive color. 



Fruitj large, oblong obovate pyriform ; color, dull pale green at first 



