PEARS. 



tartness in the flavour. The seeds are long and slender, and 

 the fruit ripens at the beginning of September. The tree 

 propagates both on the quince and pear. Quintinye and 

 Evelyn arrange the Tuliped or Fly Pear, and the Villain 

 Pear of Anjou, as distinct fruits ; but Miller, it will be per- 

 ceived, unites them, and from what authority I know not. 



WHITE DOYENNE. POM. MAG. PR. CAT. 



Virgalieu, Doyenne, St. Michael, <Sfc. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Doyenne, Beurre blanc, or St. Michael. Roz. 



Doyenne. Quin. Duh. Mil. For. 



Doyenne, Dean's, or St. Michael. Evel. 



Doyenng blanc. Lond. Hort. Soc. cat. 



Beurre blanc, \ 



Saint Michel, > Dull. syn. Mil. syn. 



Bonne-ente, ) 



Beurre doyenne blanc, of some French catalogues. 



St. Michel. Quin. syn. 



Beurre blanc d'automne, } 



White or autiimn butter pear, > Mil. syn. 



Snow pear, j 



St.MichaeVs. Mil. Fes. Amer. Gard. 



Dean's pear. Mil. syn. and others. 



Poire de neige. Mil. syn. and others. 



Valencia or Valentia. Mil. syn. and others. 



Carlisle. Mil. syn. and others. 



Poire de Limon, 



Poire Monsieur, 



Poire a courte queue, 



Citron deSeptembre, \^ { yarious collections . 



Poire de seigneur, 



White butter, 



White beurrt, 



Kaiserbirne, 



Die weisse herbst butterbirne. Christ. 



Yellow butter, Beurre doree, or St. Michaels. Coxe. 



of some American gardens. 

 Burgalue, ) 



Garner, or Gardner, of the state of Rhode Island. 



I extract the following description from the Pomological 

 Magazine. " This is a very old and excellent pear, which has 

 so long been a favourite with cultivators, especially in France 

 and Gennanv, that its names have become in themselves a 



