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for *tis the laft part that decays, and for 

 this quality of being found at the heart 'tis 

 called the good chriftian. The fiefh is ten- 

 der and full of a rich juice : it holds in eat- 

 ing from the middle of September to the 

 end. It bears well againft a wall, admit 

 the horizontals are placed a foot or more 

 afunder : and their collateral flioots fhould 

 be kept the whole length, for it bears fome- 

 times upon thofe of the laft year's produc- 

 tion, efpecially when 'tis propagated on a 

 quince flock 3 but care muft be taken to 

 keep the branches from cankering, by tak- 

 ing away the dead parts of the rind as 

 foon as perceived, 



La Poire de mon Dieu (as called by 

 Monfieur Merlet) is a very large fruit (if 

 the tree is in good order) of a yellow col- 

 lour, and on the fide next the fun of a 

 beautiful red ; the fhape is fomewhat long, 

 and thick at the ftalk, which is long, but 

 not fmall; the flefh is tender and very full 

 of a rich juice, which has fomething of a 

 perfumed tafte. They ripen upon the tree 

 in September and October, and I have 

 known them hold in eating for more than 

 twenty days from one tree. The young 



branches 



