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furpureOy odorato faccharMo. La 

 Poire Chaumontelle, or Beii de 

 Chaumonrelle, i. e. The Wilding of 

 Ch'iumontelle. This Tear is in 

 Shape ibmewhat like the Autumn 

 Buerre, but is flatter at the Grown ; 

 the Skin is a little rough, of a pale 

 green Colour, but turns to a pur- 

 plifh Colour next the Sun j the 

 Flefh is mdn'ng, the Juice is very 

 rich, and a little perfum'd. It is 

 in Eating from March to ^une, 

 and is effceem'd the beft late Fear 

 yet known 



76. Pyrus ,• fativa, fruciu bru- 

 mali, glohofo, fejjiii, cinnreo, maculis 

 ftrnplisj objciirioribus confper/o. Tourn. 

 Carmelite. This is a middlc-liz'd 

 Feary of a roundifh Form j the Skin 

 is of a grey Colour on one Side, 

 but is inclining to a Red on the 

 other, having ibme broad Spots of 

 a dark Colour all over ; the Flefh is 

 commonly hard and dry, fb that it 

 is not very much efteem'd. It is 

 in Scafon in March. 



77. Pyrlsj fiitiva, fruBu bru- 

 mali, maxima, pyramidato, dilute 

 'virente. The Union Pear ■■, other- 

 wife call'd Dr. Uvedale's St. Ger- 

 main. This is a very large long 

 Tear, of a deep green Colour, but 

 the Side next th. Sun doth Ibme- 

 times change to a Red as it ripens. 

 This is not fit for eating, but bakes 

 very well 5 and being a great Bear- 

 er and a very large Fruit, deierves 

 a Place in every good Collediion. 

 It is in Sealon from Chrijimas to 

 April. 



There are many other Sorts of 

 Tears which are flill continu'd in 

 iome old Gardens, but as thofe 

 here mention'd are the beft Sorts 

 known at prefent, fo it would be 

 needlefs to enumerate a great Quan- 

 tity of ordinary Fruit, lince every 

 pne who intends to plant Fruits, 

 will rather chufe thofe which are 



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the moft valued, the Expence and 

 Trouble being the fame for a bad 

 Sort of Fruit as a good one: In- 

 deed I have inferted many more 

 than are really worth plammg, in 

 order to pleafe fuch who are fond 

 of a great Variety j but whoever 

 hath a Mind to make Choice of 

 fuch only as are good, may eafily 

 diftinguifh them, by attending to 

 the Account given of each Sort, 

 and hereby every Perlbn is at Li- 

 berty to pleafe himfelfj for it is 

 not every one who prefers a Buerre 

 Tear, tho' that is generally eftecra'd 

 the very beft in its proper Sjafon : 

 There are fome who admire the 

 MeJJire Jean, for the Firmnefs of 

 its.Flefli, which to others is a great 

 Objedion againft it j fo that as 

 fome efteem the Breaking, and o- 

 thers the Melting Tears, I have di- 

 ftinguifh'd them by their Defcrip- 

 tions in fuch a Manner, that every 

 one may make Choice of the Kinds 

 of Fruits which are agreeable to 

 their Palates j and the different Sea- 

 fbns in which each Kind is in eat- 

 ing, being exhibited (allowing a Ht- 

 tle for the Difference of Seafons, 

 which are earlier fome Years than 

 others) it is not very difficult tor a 

 Perfon to make a Colledion of 

 good Tears to fucceed each other 

 throughout the Seafon of thefe 

 Fruits, both for Eating and Ba- 

 king. 



Tears are propagated by budding 

 or grafting them upon Stocks of 

 their own Kind, which are com- 

 monly call'd Tree-Stocks, or upon 

 &iiince-Sfocksy or White-Thorn ; up- 

 on all which thefe Fruits will take; 

 but the latter fort of Stock is now 

 feldom ufed, becaufe they rarely 

 keep Pace in their Growth, with 

 the Fruit budded or grafted upon 

 them 5 as alfo becaufe the Fruit 

 upon fuch Stocks are commonly 



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