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The tree makes healthy fhoots of a pale co- 

 lour ; it bears plentifully againft a wall or 

 dwarf, but I can't recommend it for a 

 ftandard. 



L'Epine d*Hiver, or winter thorn, is 

 a middle-fized pear, of a long make, but not 

 pointed, being thickifh at the ftalk which 

 is long and fmall j it is of a green colour 

 upon the tree, but turns yellow in ripening, 

 in the months of November and Decem- 

 ber; its flefh is melting, and very full of 

 juice which is highly perfumed ; the tree 

 tears well againft a wall, but I have not 

 feen it a ftandard. 



The Swan's egg is but a middle-fized 

 pear, in (hape like an egg, and has but a 

 fliort ftalk ; it is of a green colour, thinly 

 covered with brown ; its flefli is melting 

 and full of a pleafant juice; and is ripe in 

 November and December. The tree is 

 healthy, and bears well either on a ftand- 

 ard or any other way. 



Le Bezy de QuefToy, or little winter Bu- 

 ree, is fmall ruflet pear, a little pointed 

 towards the ftalk; its flefli is melting, 

 and full of as rich a juice as any pear in the 

 feafon ; it is in eating from the beginning 



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