328 A TREATISE OF 



Tofe pear, or the rofe water pear, for its 

 juice (of which it is very full) taftes like 

 it, and if the tree be in good health, the 

 flefh of the fruit is quite melting ; it has 

 a very fhort ftalk, and bears in clutters, 

 either on ftandards or otherwife -, the leaves 

 are large, round, and of a yellowifh co- 

 lour j the fruit has fome fmall appearance 

 of a purple colour on the fide next the 

 fun, but the other parts, when ripe, are 

 of a pale yellow, and full of ruffet fpots : 

 it is a middle fized pear, more long than 

 round, and thick at the end next the flalk, 

 but not pointed; it is in eating at the 

 end of Auguft, and beginning of Sep- 

 tember. 



The other rofe pear has a long ftalk, 

 very fmall, and is of a flatter fhape than 

 the autumn Bergamot, and fomewhat lar- 

 ger *, *tis of a dark brown colour on the 

 fide next the fun, but turns yellow on the 

 other fide when it becomes ripe : its flefh is 

 not fo tender as the other, but the juice is 

 as rich, of which it is very full, and be- 

 gins to ripen early in September, The 

 birds, wafps, and flics, are very fond of 

 this, as well as fcveral others before men- 

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