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THE OBCHAED AM rETJIT GAEDEN". 



The oldest version extant of Miller's list of pears 

 (before 1765), includes many which are still jB.rst-rate 

 favourites ; and it is so curious as a means of tracing 

 back the origin of our fine old and new kinds, that I 

 need no excuse for giving it entire : — 



1. Little Musk pear, commonly 



called the Supreme. 



2. CMo pear, or Little Bastard 



Musk. 



8. Hasting, or Grreen Chisel. 



4. Red Muscadelle, or Fairest. 



5. Little Muscat. 



6. Jargonelle. 



7. Windsor. 



8. Orange Musk. 



9. Great Blanket. 



10. Little Blanket. 



11. Long-stalked Blanket, 



12. Skinless. 



13. Musk Robin. 



14. Musk Drone. 



15. Grreen Orange. 



16. Cassolette. (Lechefrion.) 



17. Magdalene. 



18. Grreat Onion pear. 



19. August Muscat. 



20. Rose pear. 



21. Perfumed pear. 



22. Summer Bon Chretien, or 



Grood Christian. 



23. Salviati. 



24. Rose Water. 



25. Choaky pear. 



26. Russelet. (Qy. Rousselet.) 



27. Prince's pear. 



28. Great Mouth-Water. (Qy. is 



this Mouille Bouche.) 



29. Summer Bergamot. 



30. Autumn Bergamot. 



31. Swiss Bergamot. 



32. Red Butter pear. 



33. The Dean's pear. 



34. Long Green, or Autumn 



Mouth -Water. 



35. White and Grey Monsieur 



John. 



36. Flowered Muscat. 



37. Vine pear. 



38. Rousseline. 



39. The Knave's pear, 



40. Green Sugar. 



41. Marquis's pear. 



42. Burnt Cat, or Virgin of 



Xantonee. 



43. Le Besidery, or Bezy d'Heri 



(from Heri, a forest in 

 Bretagne, between Rennes 

 and Nantes). 



44. Crassane, or Flat Butter pear. 



45. Lansac, or Dauphine. 



46. Dry Martin. 



47. Villain of Anjou. Tulip or 



Orange. 



48. Large Stalk. 



49. Amadot. 



50. Little Lord. 



51. Good Louis. 



52. Colmar, Manna, or late Ber- 



gamot. 



53. Winter Long Green, or Lan- 



dry Wilding. 



54. La Virgoule, or Virgoleuse. 



55. Poire d'Ambrette, from its 



musky flavour, like the 

 scent of Sweet Sultan — 

 Ambrette in French. 



56. Winter Thorn, 



57. St. Germain, or unknown of 



La Fare : discovered on the 

 banks of that river, in the 

 parish of St. Germain. 



58. St. Augustine. 



59. Spanish Bon Chretien. 



60. Pound pear. 



61. Wilding of Cassoj^, a forest 



in Britanny, where it was 

 discovered. 



