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branches are generally ftifF, and of a dark 

 red, or brown colour ; they bear well either 

 againft a wall, or in dwarfs, but I have 

 not feen them ftandards. 



The Doyenne, or the deans pear, has many 

 other names, (viz.) The v^hite or fhort 

 ftalkt buree, the fnow pear, the Michael- 

 mas Pear, &c. it is of the largeft fort, fome- 

 what longifh, but not pointed -, the flefh 

 is melting, and full of a pleafant juice; 

 it ripens in Oftober, and is as good a pear 

 as any of that feafon. 



The autumn Bergamot is a pear well 

 known, fo that it needs not to be defcribed ; 

 and as it will bear either againft a wall or 

 on a ftandard, I fhould therefore chufe to 

 have a tree or two of them planted both 

 ways ; by which means they will be in eat- 

 ing from the end of September to the mid- 

 dle of November ; and it is fo good a fruit, 

 I think it can't be too long in feafon. 



The red Buree has many other names, 

 as the Amboife, and the Ifambert, &c, it 

 is a melting pear, and full of a very rich 

 juice ; and if the tree is in good order, the 

 fruit is large, and long : they are ripe in 

 October, and don't keep much longer; and 



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