By Mr. Luttrell. 



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as in France, its natural soil. So that I believe, in the 

 method of ranging Pears into order, according to their innate 

 good qualities, as practised by De La Quintinie, this Pear 

 will be in danger of yielding precedence to several other 

 sorts besides the Ambret; which Pear, though it neither 

 grows to be so large in substance or size, as large Les Chas- 

 series, yet bears more in number, comes sooner into bearing, 

 tastes better in the mouth, and is commonly a long laster. 

 We had scarcely one sound Le Chasserie the 11 th of February, 

 1716, but we had some Ambrets; upon all which accounts I 

 think it not adviseable to plant more than one of them, till 

 trial be made how they answer expectation. The Le Chas- 

 serie hath another ill quality, viz. that like the Virgolouze, it is 

 apt to receive a disagreeable taste from any thing it lies upon 

 or near, if so be it be kept close, or upon deal boards. 



Petit Oin, or Marveille d'Hyver. jig. 18. Had 

 from Mr. Duneau 19 th December, 1716. A tolerable spe- 

 cimen, but quite rotten and perished within. None of it 

 eatable, 



Petit Muscat, fig. 19. Gathered 19 th July, 1716. A 

 tolerable specimen. Upon view of the wood, Mr. Selwood 

 called it the Primatin. It is a pretty good bearer, and will 

 take upon either stock. It may be planted out, to grow in any 

 form ; doth not require a wall, unless you would help it for- 

 ward to come earlier into season. Mr. De La Quintinie doth 

 not approve of the figure of a dwarf tree for it, vol. 1. Part. 3. 

 Cap. 2, because of the disagreeable look of its wood ; and at 

 Cap. 3, intimates that the canker is apt to seize on its wood, 

 upon which account he likewise condemns the form of a 

 standard, and therefore assigns it a station against a wall 



