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tuminum and Volemum of the Romans,* and that in the rise 

 of Christianity it received its present name. It succeeds 

 best when grafted on a Quince stock, and even in the climate 

 of Paris requires a wall. 



Catillac. 



Catillac; Cadillac, Cat. du Lux. p. 37. Catillac, Duhamel, torn. ii. p. 233, 

 cum Ic. Poiteau, p. 74, cum Ic. Jard. Fruit, torn. iii. p. 218, cum Ic. 

 The Catillac is well known in this country as a baking 

 Pear. Under favourable circumstances, however, it is by no 

 means undeserving a place in the dessert. It continues in 

 use from the end of December to the beginning of March. 



Chat Brule'. 



Chat brule; Pucelle de Saintonge, Cat. du Lux. p. 35. Chat brule; Pucelle, 

 De la Quintinye, torn. i. p. 319. Chat brule, Duhamel, torn. n.p. 247. 



This resembles the Martin Sec, but is something larger, 

 and the colour of its skin is of a more dusky brown. It is a 

 very inferior fruit for the dessert, and even as a compote 

 Pear has many superiors. It ripens in the beginning of No- 

 vember. 



Chaumontel. 



Chaumontel ; Beurree d'hiver, Cat. du Lux. p. 34. Bezy de Chaumontel, Beurree 

 d'hiver, Duhamel, torn. ii. p. 199, cum Ic Bezy de Chaumontel, Poiteau, 

 p. 56, cum Ic. Jard. Fruit, torn. iii. jj. 113, cum 7c % 



We have the authority of Duhamel for the origin and age 

 of this Pear. He states that in his time (1765) the original 

 tree, then about 100 years old, was still in existence at Chau- 

 montel,+ where it sprang from seed. This variety is too weD 

 known to require description. It succeeds best grafted on a 

 Quince stock, and in a rich light soil. 



* Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. xv. cap. 15. f A lordship in the Department of the Oise. 



