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'Tls of a pale green colour, and the lide 

 next the fun is faintly markt with red ; it 

 is much about the fize of an autumn Ber- 

 gamot, but not of fo flat a make, and tho' 

 it is a round ifh pear, yet it is a little point- 

 ed at both ends, and has but a very fhort 

 ftalk. Part of them will be ripe about the 

 middle of Auguft, but 'tis beft to gather 

 them fome time before, otherwife the 

 greateft part of them will be deftroyed by 

 fmall birds, wafps, and flies. It will bear 

 in any fliape, and makes a flirong healthy 

 tree, if trained up for a fliandard^ its 

 leaves are longifli, and of a dark green on 

 the upper fide, but their under fides are 

 meally. 



The Jargonelle, is a middle-fized pear, of 

 a long fliape, with a large eye or dew-bit ; 

 it is very fmall towards the ftalk, which is 

 long j its fide next the fun is generally of a 

 dark red or brown colour, but the other 

 fide, when ripe, is of a bright yellow. They 

 begin to ripen about the middle or end of 

 Auguft, and are extremely good, being full 

 of a very pleafant juice 5 but are liable to 

 be deftroyed by v/afps, and flies, if they 



are 



