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tioned ; for which reafon, it ought to be 

 gathered and kept out of their way. It 

 is a weak fliooting tree, and not proper for 

 a flandard. 



There are two forts of the orange Ber- 

 gamies, both very much alike in (hape and 

 fizes but the one is green, and the other 

 is yellow, with a faint red on the fide 

 next the fun ; it is fometimes called the 

 royal orange Bergamy. I think it the beft ; 

 tho' it has not fo high a perfume as the 

 other, yet 'tis as full of juice, and of a 

 much brifker tafte. The flefh of both are 

 breaking, and their fhapes are fomewhat 

 round, but hollow round the eye, and a 

 little pointed at the ftalk, which is fhort. 

 They ripen in the beginning of September, 

 and bear plentifully in any fort of dwarf, 

 but don't make healthy ftandards, for their 

 branches are fubjeft to canker ; they are 

 about as big as the autumn Bergamy, and 

 have an uneven fur face. 



The pear called the Robin, has many 

 other names, viz. the Auguft, Mufcat, 

 Averat, Hanvelle, Royal, or the French 

 King's favourite pear. It ripens about the 

 middle of September, and is of a roundifh 



make, 



