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green Pear ; and Bejideri Landri, /. e» 

 The Landry Wilding. This Tear is 

 Hiap'd like a Citron; the Skin is 

 fmooth, and ot a green Colour, 

 with fbme Spots while it hangs 

 on the Tree, but as it ripens, it 

 becomes ot a yellowifli Colour j the 

 Stalk is ftrait and longj the Eye is 

 fmall, and not hollow'd i the Flefh 

 is melting, and buttery ; the Juice 

 is fugar'd with a little Perfume. It 

 is in eatino; the latter End of No- 

 'vembery and continues good till 

 Chrijlmas, 



5-6. Pyrus ,• fativa, frncin bru- 

 mali, longo e viridl jlavefcente^ in 

 ore liquefcente,faccharato. Tourn. La 

 Virgoule, or La Virgoleule. It is 

 alfb caWABujaleuf, and Chambrette-^ 

 and Voire de Glajfe, ?. e. The Ice 

 Pear, in Gafcogny ; but it is call'd 

 Virgoule, from a Village of that 

 Name in the Neighbourhood of St. 

 Leonard in Limoufm \ where it was 

 rais'd, and fent to Varis, by the 

 Marquis of Chambret. This Tear 

 is large, long, and of a green Go- 

 lour, inclining to yellow as it ri- 

 pens j the Stalk is fhort, flcfhy, and 

 a little bentj the Eye is of a mid- 

 dling Size and a little hollow'd j 

 the Skin is very fmooth, and lome- 

 times a little colour'd towards the 

 Sun \ the Flefli is melting, and full 

 of a rich Juice. It is in eating the 

 latter End of November, and will 

 continue good till fanuary, and is 

 efteem'd one of the beft Fruits of 

 the Seafon, but the Tree is very 

 apt to produce vigorous Shoots, 

 and the BlolToms being generally 

 produced at the extreme Part of 

 the Shoot, where they are fhort- 

 en'd, the Fruit will be intirely cut 

 away, which is the Reafon it is 

 condemn'd as a bad Bearer; but 

 when it is grafted on a free Stock, 

 it ought to be allow'd at leaft thir« 

 ty Feet to fprcadj and if upon a 



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J^mce Stock, it fhould be allow'd 

 upwards of twenty Feet, and the 

 Branches train'd in againft the EC' 

 palier or WalJ, at full Lengthy in. 

 an horizontal Pofition, as they are 

 produc'd. Where this Tree is thus 

 treated, it wijl bear very plenti- 

 fully. 



5-7, ?YRus }feitiva, ffjnojk, fruHfi 

 globofo, feJJIU, ferrugineoy in ore ii- 

 qmfcente, faccharata, odoratijji^no. 

 Tourn. Poire d' Ambrette. This is 

 fo call'd from its musky Flavour, 

 which refembles the Smell of the 

 Sweet Sultan Flower, which is callM 

 A?nbrette in France, This Tear is 

 like the Lefchafferie in Shape, but 

 is of a RuiTct Colour ; the Eye is 

 larger, and more hollow'd ,- the 

 Flefli is melting, and the juice is 

 richly fugar'd and perfum"*d j the 

 Seeds are large and black, and the 

 Cells in which they are lodged are 

 very large; the Wood is very- 

 thorny, efpecially when grafted oa 

 free Stocks. The Fruit is in eat- 

 ing the latter End of Nov ember » 

 and continues good till the latter 

 End oi^ January, and is efteem'd a 

 very good Fruit by moft People. 



5-8. Pi-Rus; fatha, fr%^u bru^ 

 mail, magno, pyra??}idatD, albido, m 

 ore liquefcente, faccharato, odorato, 

 Tourn. Epine d' Hyver, ?. e. Win« 

 ter Thorn Pear. This is a large 

 fine Teart nearly of a pyramidal Fi- 

 gure; the Skin is fmooth, and of a 

 pale-green Colour, inclining to yel- 

 low as it ripens; the Stalk is fhorC 

 and flender ; the flefh is melting 

 and buttery; the Juice is very 

 fweet, and, in a dry Seafbn, is 

 highly perfum'd; but when it is 

 planted on a moift Soil, or the Sea* 

 fon proves wet, it is very infipid, 

 fo that it fliould never be plan- 

 ted on a ftrong Soil. It ripens the 

 End of November^ and will conti* 

 nuc good two Months. 



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