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r6?]ft(i, but not mudfi pointed: *ti^in e,at^ 

 ing part of three moiiths (vizj Odobeir, 

 November, and December; the wood of 

 this tree, is of a red colour, and if not kept 

 in good order, is liable to cankejc. It wilj 

 do. either v^ efpaliersor other dwarfs; but 

 I dpn't think it proper for a ftandard. 



There are two forts of the Mgnfieur 

 Jbhh, both alike in fhape, bnt the one i$ 

 brown, and the other more yellow, whicbt 

 is much the beft, and is called the gilded 

 or golden Monfieur John ; it ripens in No^ 

 vember, but the other not till January: 

 they are both of a middle fize, and round 

 mak^, tho' pointed a little towards the 

 itatk,; their flelli is hard, and they have a 

 hard core, but their juice is extremely 

 fweet: the trees bear well, are healthy, and 

 have round leaves. 



The Crifan is a large pear, in.fhape fome- 

 what li1^e the autumn BergaQ:)ot^ but much 

 larger, with a very long flalk, and of a 

 pate green or yellow colour, fpptted wdth 

 brown. Its flefh is quite melting, and full 

 of vinous juice, much like that of the au- 

 tumn Bergamot. It is in eating from the 

 end of Oftober to the middle of December, 



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