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PEARS. 



rich and pleasant juice. It ripens in September, and soon after 

 becomes soft ; the seeds are blackish brown, large and per- 

 fect. There is no variety more extensively cultivated at Paris 

 and its environs than this, and during the month of September 

 the markets are filled with the fruit. The tree is very produc- 

 tive and seldom fails to afford a crop ; it is only propagated 

 on the pear stock, as it does not succeed on the quince. 



I perceive that Forsyth quotes this from Duhamel as a syno- 

 nyme of the Brown Beurre, which is a great error, it being a 

 very melting pear, and therefore the appellation of Beurre, 

 in every case misapplied. 



MOUTHWATER. Pr. cat. 



Verte tongue. Roz. Duh. Mil. For. Coxe. 

 Mouille louche. Roz. syn. Duh. syn. Mil. 



Great Mouthwater, \ \ i? 



Gros mouille bouche^ ^ * • 



Verte Tongue d'automne. 



Mouille houche dautomne, ) j^r.j ^ 



Autumn mouthwater, \ ^ ' ^^^* 



Long green. Mil. and others. 



Muscat fleur^, a synonyme quoted in Lend. Hort. cat. 



This pear is most commonly of an exact pyramidal form ; 

 its height thirty-three lines and its greatest diameter twenty- 

 six, tapering very much towards the stalk. Sometimes it as- 

 sumes a turbinate form, of equal breadth as height, being 

 twenty-eight or twenty-nine lines in each direction ; the posi- 

 tion of the eye is even with the outer edge of the fruit, and 

 the stem is green and eight or nine lines in length ; the skin 

 is even at the period of maturity of an uniform shade of rather 

 dark green, and is also perfectly smooth : in some cases, how- 

 ever, one may observe a grayish streak running lengthwise of 

 the fruit. The flesh is rather firm, but melting, and of a plea- 

 sant flavour, with some sweetness and richness. The seeds 

 are brown, and the fruit ripens at the end of September or 

 early in October. The tree is thrifty, its foliage dark green, 

 and it has altogether a very healthy appearance. Another 



