FRUIT-TREES. 337 

 of December to the middle of January j the 

 tree bears well on a ftandard, the fruit 

 grows in clufters,- and the young branches 

 are fometimes a little thorny. 



The St. Germain is a large long pear, 

 pointed at the ftalk, which is of a middle 

 fize : the colour of this fruit, when gather- 

 ed, is green, with a little brown fometim^ 

 on the fide next the fun, but turns yellow 

 in ripening ; its flefli is the greateft part of 

 it melting, and full of a pleafant juice that 

 is a little perfumed -, it generally has a large 

 core ; and when the tree is not in good 

 order, or too full of fruit, it will be fmall, 

 and the flefli gritty, and of an infipid tafte : 

 they are in eating from the latter end of 

 November till the middle of January. With 

 proper order the tree makes plenty of 

 flioots, and bears well againft a wall, or on 

 a dwarf, but I don t think the fruit fo good 

 on a ftandard. 



I obferve that when this tree is upon a 

 free ftock, it then requires a great fpace of 

 walls and if upon a quince, it ought to 

 have its wood often renewed, for the fruit 

 produced from old ftuds is apt to be fm.all, 

 and the flefli flony. 



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