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Bfjt du Chaumontelle came firft to 

 England, the Trees were planted in 

 Efpalier ; and fome of them not on 

 a very good Soil, or in a warm Si- 

 tuation ; and yet from thefe Trees I 

 have eaten this Pear in great Per- 

 fection in April, and fometimes it 

 has kept till May ; whereas all thofe 

 which have been fince planted againft 

 Walls, ripen their Fruit by the Be- 

 ginning of November, and are gene- 

 rally gone by the Middle of Decem- 

 ber ; nor are thefe latter fo well 

 tailed as thofe of the Efpaliers. 



The Virgouhufe and St. Germain, 

 3s alfo the Co/mar, are efteem'd the 

 moft difficult Sorts to ripen their 

 Fruit : yet thefe I have eaten in 

 great Perfection from Efpaliers, and 

 often from Standard-tree.% • where 

 they grew upon a warm Soil ; but 

 the Fruit was much fmaller on the 

 Standard - trees, than thofe of the 

 fame Sorts which grew againft Walls 

 orEfpaliers ; b ut they were full as well- 

 flavour'd." And fome of thefe Sorts 

 I have eaten good in April, which is 

 two Months later than thefe Sorts 

 ufually keep. But yet I would not 

 advife the planting of thefe late Pears 

 in Standards, becaufe they fhould 

 hang very late on the Trees in the 

 Autumn ; at which Scafon, the 

 Winds are generally very high, and 

 thefe Standard-trees being much ex- 

 pos'd, the Fruit is often blown off 

 the Trees before they are ripe ; and 

 thofe of them which may hang on 

 the Tree?, ate frequently bruifed by 

 being fore'd againft the Branches by 

 the Wind?, fo that they feldom keep 

 well. What I mention'd this for, is 

 to prove, that thefe Pears will ripen 

 yery well without the AfMance of a 

 Wall ; fo that if they are planted in 

 Efpalier.% where the "Frees are kept 

 low, the Fruit will not be fo much 

 exposed to the ftrong Winds in the 

 Autumn, as thefe on the Standards; 



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therefore can be in no Danger of the 

 Fruit coming to Perfection. And as 

 the Trees in Efpalier will be con- 

 ftantly pruned, and manag'd in the 

 fame manner as thofe againft Walls, 

 fo the Fruit will be as large on thofe 

 Trees : therefore where a Perfon has 

 a warm Situation, and a kindly Soil, 

 I would not advife the being at an 

 Expence to build Walls on purpofe 

 for Pears, but to plant them againft 

 Efpaliers ; and where there is any 

 one who is very curious in having 

 plenty of thefe Fruit, and will be at 

 fome Expence to procure them, I 

 mould advife the having a fufficient 

 Quantity of Reed Mats made, to fix 

 up againft the Back of the Efpalier 

 in the Spring, when the Trees are in 

 Bloffom ; which will fcreen them 

 from cold Winds, and preferve the 

 tender Fruit until they are paft Dan- 

 ger ; when the Reeds may be taken 

 down, and put under a Shed to pre- 

 ferve them from the Weather. And 

 if the Autumn fhould prove bad, 

 thefe Reeds may be hVd up again, 

 which will forward the ripening of 

 the Fruit, and alfo prevent the 

 Winds from blowing down, and 

 bruifing of it. Thefe Reeds may be 

 purchased for one Shilling per Yard, 

 running Meafure, at fix Feet and an 

 half high ; and if they are carefully 

 laid up, and kept from the Wea- 

 ther, thefe Reeds will laft feven or 

 eight Years; fo that the Expence 

 will not be very great : and when 

 the Advantages which thefe are of 

 to the Fruit are confider'd, I believe 

 no Perfon will objed to the Ufe of 

 them. 



But after the Fruit is fet, and 

 growing, there will be farther Care 

 necefiary in order to have the Fruit 

 good ; for it is not enough to have 

 preferved a goad Crop of Fruit oti 

 the Trees, and then to leave them 

 in tir ely to Nature, during the Sea« 



