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flesh is very soft, and if permitted to hang but 

 two or three days after it is ripe, grows mealy, 

 and is good for nothing. It becomes ripe about 

 the latter end of August. 



8. Jargonelle.* Duham, n, 6. Langley Pom, 

 t. 61. f,3, Knoop Pom, p, 63, t, 4. ; commonly 

 called Cuisse Madame, This is certainly the true 

 French Jargonelle ; and the pear which commonly 

 goes by that name in England, is the real Cuisse 

 Madame, or Lady's Thigh ; and it is very pro- 

 bable that the names have been changed in com- 

 ing to this country. This pear is somewhat like 

 the Windsor ; the skin is smooth, and of a pale- 

 green colour. This is a plentiful bearer ; but the 

 flesh is apt to be mealy if it stands to be ripe, 

 which is about the middle of August. 



9. Orange Musk. Duham, n, 25. t, 10. Pom, 

 Aust, t, 86. f, 2. This is of a yellow colour, 

 spotted with black ; the flesh is musky, but very 

 apt to be dry. It ripens about the latter end of 

 August. 



10. G'&e\t1^m^q,\]ei: -y Bagpipe of Anjou, Pom, 

 Aust. t. 75./ 1. Pott, et Tiirp. Fr, t, 68. This 

 pear has a smooth skin of a pale-green colour; the 

 flesh is soft, and full of juice of a rich flavour. It 

 ripens about the middle of August. 



11. Little Blanquet. Duham, n, 16. t, 6. 

 Langley Pom, t, 62. f, 3. Pom, Aust, t, 76. f, ^. 

 This is much less than the former; of a pale 



* This pear bears best on standards. 



