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February; the tree grows vigoroufly, with 

 leaves of a dark green, but is not fit for a 

 ftandard, tho* it well deferves a wall that 

 has a good afpecl : it mufl be kept with 

 good pruning ; for if the bearing wood be 

 too old, the fruit will crack and fall off. 



The Colmar is a large green pear, thick 

 at both ends -, its flefli is tender, but not 

 the moft melting, though full of extremely 

 rich juice : it is the beft pear in the feafon 

 for its long continuance in eating, which 

 is all January, February, and part of 

 March. I chufe to have it upon a free 

 ftock, on which the flefli will be tenderer 

 than on a quince, but I don't like it for a 

 ftandard : let it have a great fpace of wall, 

 and then it will produce a large quantity 

 of good fruit -, and I think in every garden 

 there ought to be more trees of this than 

 any other fort, becaufe there are none fo 

 good as it, in the fame feafon. 



The great Winter-rouflelet is a middle- 

 fized pear, of a longifli make, of a red co- 

 lour next the fun, but green towards the 

 wall, and turns yellow in ripening, which 

 is in February and ' March 3 its juice is 

 agreeable, but is not in fuch plenty as in 

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