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15 of a fine yellow Colour, when ripe, 

 beautifully ftriped with red ; the 

 Flefh is half melting, and has a rich 

 Flavour, if gathered before it be 

 too ripe ; but it is apt to be mealy. 

 This generally produces two Crops 

 of Fruit in a Year : the firft is com- 

 monly ripe about the Middle of July, 

 and the iecond ripens in September ; 

 but this late Crop is feldom well- 

 tafted. 



5 Pyrus fativa, fruBu ffii'vo 

 pa/vo fia^efcerJe mojehato. Tourn. 

 Petit Mufcat, i. e. The Little Muf- 

 cat. This is a fmall Pear, rather 

 round than long : the Skin is very 

 thin, and when ripe, ofayellowifn 

 Colour : the Flefli is melting, and 

 of a rich mufky Flavour ; but will 

 not keep long when ripe. This 

 comes the Middle of July. 



6. Pyrus fativa, fruSiu sejlivo 

 oblongo ferrugineo, came tenera mi- 

 fchata.Tourn. Cuifle Madame, Lady's 

 Thigh, in England commonly called 

 Jargonelle. This is a very long Pear, 

 of a pyramidal Shape, having a long 

 Footftalk : the Skin is pretty thick, 

 of a ruflet- green Colour from the 

 Sun; but toward the Sun it is in- 

 clined to an iron Colour ; the Flcfn 

 is breaking, and has a rich mufky 

 Flavour: ripe the Middle of July. 

 This is one of the beft early Sum- 

 mer Pears yet known, and is cer- 

 tainly what all the French Gardeners 

 call the Cuiffe Madame, as may be 

 eafily oblerved by their Defcript.on 

 of this Pear : but I fuppofe, tnat the 

 Titles of this and the Jargonelle 

 were changed in coming tc England ; 

 and have been continued by the 

 fame Names. 



7. Pyrus fativa, frutlu oblongo, 

 t 'vlridi fiawefcenU. The Wind for 

 Pear. This is an oblong Fruit, 

 which is . produced toward the 

 Crown ; but near the Stalk is drawn 

 toward a Point : the Skin is fmooth, 



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and, when ripe, of a yellowifh-green 

 Colour ; the Flefh is very foft ; and, 

 if permitted to hang but two or three 

 Days after it is ripe, it grows mea- 

 ly, and is good for nothing. 



8. Pyrus Jrtiva, fruttu <tjlin}0 

 ohlongo, e <viridi albo. The Jargo- 

 nelle, now commonly called Cuifle 

 Madame. This is certainly what 

 the French Gardeners call the Jar- 

 gonelle ; which, a^ I before obferv- 

 ed, is now, in England, given to an- 

 other Fruit, much preferable to 

 this ; fo that the two Names are 

 changed; for the Jargonelle is al- 

 ways p aced among-l thofe which 

 the French call bad Fruit ; and the 

 Cuifle Madame is fet down amongft 

 their beft Fruit ; which is certainly 

 the Reverfe with us, as they are now 

 named. This Pear is fomewhat like 

 the Wi'idfor ; but is produced more 

 toward the Crown, and is fmaller 

 toward the Stalk : the Skin is fmooth, 

 of a pale-green Colour : the Flefh is 

 apt to be mealy, if it ftands to be 

 ripe ; but being a plentiful Bearer, 

 is much propagated for the London 

 Markets. 



9. Pyrus fatiua, fru&u <cJli^vo 

 globofo frjjili mofcha/o, maculis nigris 

 conjperfo. Town. Orange Mufquee, 

 i. e. The Orange Mufe. This is a 

 middle-fia'd Pear, of a fhort globu- 

 lar Form : the Skin is of a yellowi fn 

 Colour, fpotted with black ; the 

 Flefh is mufky ; but is very apt to 

 be a little dry and choaky. It ripens 

 the End of July. 



j o. Pyrus fati>ua, fruclu tefl'tvo 

 a lb; do majori. Toum. Gros Blan- 

 quet, /. c. Great Blanket. This is 

 alio called La Muffetie d'Anjou, i. e. 

 The Bagpipe of Anjou' This is a 

 large Pear, approaching to a round 

 Form : the Skin is fmooth, and of a 

 pale-green Colour ; the Flefh is foft, 

 and full of Juice, which hath a rich 

 Flavour ; the Stalk is fhort, thick, 



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