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Butter-Pear ; it is cali'd VAmboife, 

 and in Normandy Ifrmbert; as alfb 

 Beurre gris, i.e. The Grey Butter j 

 and Beurre vert, i. e. Tlie Green 

 Butter-Pear. All thefe different 

 Names of Buerre's have been occa- 

 fion'd by the Difference of the Co- 

 lours of the fame Sort of Fear, 

 which is either owin» to the diffe- 

 rent Expoiure where they grew, or 

 from the Siock,- thoih upon ^^mce 

 Stocks being commonly of a brown- 

 er Colour than thofe which are 

 upon free Stocks, whence Ibme 

 •Perfons have fuppos'd them to be 

 different Fruits, though, in reality, 

 they arc the fame. This is a large 

 long Fruit, for the moft part of a 

 brown Colour ; the Fiefh is very 

 melting and full of a rich fugary 

 Juice j ic ripens thcEndo^ Septem- 

 6er, and, when gather'd from the 

 Tree, is one of the very befl Sort 

 of Pe^rs wc have. 



35". Pyrus 5 fativa, fruciu au- 

 tumnali, turbinato, fef/ili, flcive^cente 

 (^ in ore iiquefcente. Tourn, Le 

 Doyenne, i. e. The Deans Pear. It 

 is alio cali'd by ail the following 

 Names J Saint Michel, \. e. Saint 

 Michael ; Beurre blanc iV Automne, 

 i. e. The White Autumn Butter Pear; 

 Poire de Neige, i. e. the Snovp Pear ; 

 Bonne Ente, i.e. 2^. Good Graft j the 

 Carlijle and Valentia. This is a 

 large fair Fruit, in Shape fomewhat 

 like the Grey Beurre, but is fhorter 

 and rounder i the Skin is fmooth, 

 and, when ripe, changes to a yel- 

 lowifli Colour j the FleiTi is melting 

 and full of Juice, but it will not 

 keep good a Week after it is ga- 

 ther'd, being very fubje6t to grow 

 mealy. This is a great Bearer, and 

 ripens the End o'i September. 



36. Pyrus j fativa, fruciu au- 

 tumnali, longo, lyiridiaue, odorato, 

 in ore liquefants. Tourn. La Verte- 

 longue, i. e. The Long Green Pear ; 



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It is alfb caird Moiiille-bouche d'Au-' 

 tomne, i. e. The Autumn Mouth" 

 Water Pear. This is a long Fruit, 

 which is very green when ripe j 

 the Flefli is melting and very full of 

 Juice j which (if it grows upon a 

 dry warm Soil, and upon a free 

 Stock) i:> very fugary, otherwife it 

 is but a very indifferent Pear. It 

 ripens the Beginning of OBober, 



37. Pyrus ; fativa, fruciu au^ 

 tumnali, tuberofo, fejjili, facchartitOs 

 came dura. Tourn. MelTire-Jean 

 blanc & gris,. i. e. The White and 

 Grey Monfieur John. Thefe, al- 

 though made two Sorts of Fruit 

 by many Perfons, are indubitably 

 the famej the Difference of their 

 Colour proceeding from the diffe- 

 rent Soils and Situations where they 

 grow, or the Stocks on which they 

 are grafted. This P£?^r, when grafted 

 on a free Stock, and planted on a 

 middling Soil, neither too wet, nor 

 over dry, is one of the befl Au' 

 twmn Pears yet known 5 but when 

 it is grafted on a Quince Stock, it 

 is very apt to be flony ; or if planted 

 on a very dry Soil, is very apt to 

 be fmall and good for little, unlej[s 

 the Trees are water'd in dry Sea- 

 Ibns : which has render 'd it lels 

 efleem'd by ibme Perfons who have 

 not coniider'd the Caufe of their 

 Hardnefs j for when it is rightly 

 manag'd, there is not any Pear in 

 the lame Seafbn to be compar*d 

 with it. This \s a large roundifh 

 Fruit, the Skin is rough, and com- 

 monly of a brown Colour ,• the 

 Flefh is breaking and very full of 

 a rich fjgar'd Juice. It ripens the 

 Beginning of OHober, and will 

 continue good mofl Part of the 

 Month. 



38. Pyrus ; fativa, fruciu au- 



tumnali, globofo, ferrugineo., came 



tenerd, fapidijjima. Tourn. Mufcat 



fleuri. i. e. The flower'd Mufcat. 



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