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PEARS. 



EPARGNE. Pr. cat. Duh. Roz. Die. d'agric. Jard. fruit. 

 Bon Jard. For. Coxe. 



Jargonelle. Pom. Mag. Lond. Hort. cat., and of most English 



gardens, erroneously. 

 Espargne, or Saint Sanson. Quin. 

 Espargne. Reserve pear, or St. Sanson. Evel. 

 Lady^s thigh, 



Grosse Cuisse madame, i 



Beau present. Roz. syn. f of the French authors and 



S«mi Samson. Roz. syn. C catalogues. 



Savnt Lambert, y 



Poire des tables des Princes, 



Real Jargonelle. Fes. Amer. Gard. 



This pear, which is extensively cultivated in this vicinity and 

 in various sections ofthe union, is most generally known by the 

 titles of Jargonelle, Cuisse madarae, and Lady's thigh, it hav- 

 ing been received from England under the name of Jargonelle, 

 and from France under those of Epargne, Cuisse madame, 

 and Grosse Cuisse madame. As I can perceive no good rea- 

 son why we should adopt the blunders of the English, even if 

 they have received countenance from being copied into some 

 of their works deemed in other cases to be authority, and as 

 both Miller and Forsyth reject the error referred to, it is to be 

 regretted that a publication having so many claims to superi- 

 ority as the Pomological Magazine should have continued it ; 

 for although long usage may be sometimes allowed to form an 

 apology for adopting a title erroneous in its origin, such course 

 can only be admitted when it may be done without confusion ; 

 but in the present case there is a genuine Jai'gonelle, so called 

 by all the French authors since the middle of the 17th centurj^ 

 and supposed to be one of the most ancient varieties in culti- 

 vation ; and the only means of preventing confusion is to cor- 

 rect the error at once. 



The following description is from Duhamel, an author cele- 

 brated for his great accuracy, and accords with my own 

 observations. 



This fruit is of very oblong form, being three to three 



