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CHAPTER XL 



OF MEDLARS. 

 Different Sorts Their Propagation and Mmmer of Treatment, 



The Medlar is ranged in the fourth Order of Lin- 

 nseus's twelfth Class, Icosandria Pentagynia ; and 

 is named Mespilus Germanka. 



The different Sorts cultivated in this Country are, 



The Great Medlar with bay leaves, and the 

 Dutch Medlar. Pom. Franc. 2. p. 45. t. ^ ^ 8. 

 Pott, et Turp. Fr. t. 31. These, being the largest 

 fruit, are generally cullivated in England. There 

 is a smaller sort, which is a variety of that called 

 the German or Dutch Medlar ; the fruit is small ; 

 and the tree is more frequently planted in pleasure- 

 grounds than gardens. 



The Oriental sort, according to Mr. Philip 

 Miller, is called the Dwarf Cherry of Mount Ida, 

 in Crete, where the shepherds feed upon the fruit. 

 It is large, roundish, and of a fine red colour when 

 ripe. 



There are several species now growing in the 

 gardens of this country, that have been intro- 

 duced from North America, which are very orna- 

 mental in pleasure-grounds and parks, and to 

 whose fruit the deer and birds are very partial. 



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