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Louise Bonne, fig. 6. From Mr. Duneau, 23 d October, 

 1712. Eaten 10 th December after. A good sort, with a fla- 

 vour, green on the outside. 



Inconneau.^. 7. From Mr. Duneau, 23 d October, 1712. 

 A baking Pear, eaten 2 d April, 1713, when it was beginning 

 to rot, but had a strong sweet scent. 



Russelet de Rhine, fig. 8. From Mr. Selwood. Ga- 

 thered 6 th August, 1712, rather too soon. Eaten 3 d of Decem- 

 ber following. A good fruit, small, with a brown coat. Others 

 on the 5 th March, 1713, were shrivelled, and beginning to go. 



Bergamot BuGi.^g. 9. From Mr. Duneau, 23 d October, 

 1712. Eaten 5 th March, 1713. A good firm fruit, with a 

 pleasant sharp taste, but shrivelled on the outside. The rind 

 all green, and ^o is the pulp in a manner. 



Bergamot d'Autome. fig. 10. Hand gathered within the 

 ten or twelve first days in October, 1716, from a tree upon a 

 Pear-stock, against a south-west wall, in Mr. Duneau's ground. 

 On the 10 th of December following quite rotten, and but little 

 of it eatable, though it looked fair without. This Pear decays 

 inwardly first. It is usually put upon a Pear Stock, and will 

 take well upon a Quince, but the English Bergamots like a 

 Pear Stock best. Any form or order of culture agrees with 

 this Pear; but the scabbiness of its wood doth induce 

 M. de La Quintinie to advise against planting them in 

 the dwarf fashion ; and rather against walls, or in half stand- 

 ards, or in the neighbourhood of a great wall, exposed to a 

 good sun; for they are incommoded by the full air. He 

 saith, a cold moist earth is absolutely contrary to this Pear ; 

 that it is ordinarily loaded with a sufficient quantity, and 

 the middling Pears as good as the biggest. If this Pear be 



