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PEARS, 



in height ; its form is rounded, and inclining to oval, dimi- 

 nishing a little towards the stem, which is large, nine lines in 

 length, and inserted in a very small cavity, whose circumfer- 

 ence is swollen by some small protuberances ; the head is very 

 round, and the eye is placed in a slight depression surrounded 

 by some small projections ; the skin is whitish, and sometimes 

 grayish, according to the soils ; the flesh is greenish white, 

 inciting, and of a sweet, rich, and very pleasant flavour ; the 

 seeds are black and contained in broad cells, and the fruit be- 

 gins to ripen in November, but keeps well till in February ; 

 the branches are thorny, and the tree may be propagated on 

 the pear, but better on the quince. It delights in a dry warm 

 soil, with a good exposition, and succeeds better as a standard 

 than as a dwarf ; in wet and cold soils the fruit is far inferior 

 to that produced in more favourable situations. 



ECHASSERY. Pr. cat. Mil. N. Duh. 



L'echasserie. Coxe. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Ambrette. Coxe. Fes. Amer. Gard. and many Amer. gardens, 

 Bezy de Chassery. Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 

 Eschassery. For. 



Leschasserie, } q^^^ Evel Mil 



Verte longue d^hyver, ) W^um. ve . i. 

 Besidery, Sandry. Quin. Evel. 

 Echasserie, or Bezi de Chasseri. Roz. 

 Winter green long. Evel. 

 Winter long green. Mil. syn. 

 Wilding of Echassery» 

 Yat or Yut pear. 



Besidery Landry, i j^^. syn. 

 Landry wilding, ^ 

 Tilton, of New-Jersey. 



The shoots of this tree are very slender, bending at every 

 joint, very much speckled (tiqiietej, gray on one side, and of 

 a greenish gray on the other ; the buds moderately large, 

 longish, pointed, turned off from the branch, and have a small 

 and very slightly projecting base ; the leaves are long, narrow, 

 si^mewhat wrinkled or furrowed, indented very partially, but 



