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All these different names of Beurres have been occasioned by the difference of the colours of the 
same sort of Pear, which is either owing to the different exposure where they grew, or from the stock, 
those upon the free stocks being commonly of a browner colour than those which are upon Quince 
stocks, whence some persons have supposed them to be different fruits, though in reality they are 
the same. This is a large long fruit, for the most part of a brown colour. The flesh is very melting, 
and full of a rich sugary juice. It ripens the beginning of October, and, when gathered from the 
tree, is one of the very best sort of Pears we have. 
35. Pyrus ( Doyenne ) saliva, fructu autumnali turbinato sessili flavescente, et in ore liquescente. 
Tourn. Doyenne, Duh. n. 81. t. 43. the Deans Pear. It is also called by all the following names; 
Saint Michel, i. e. Saint Michael; Beurre blanc d’Automne, i. e. the white Autumn Butter Pear; 
Poire de Neige, i. e. the Snow Pear; Bonne Ente, i. e. a good Graft; the Carlisle, and Valentia. 
This is a large fruit, in shape somewhat like the grey Beurre, but shorter and rounder; the skin is 
smooth, and, when ripe, changes to a yellowish colour; the flesh is melting, and full of juice, which 
is very cold, but it will not keep good much more than a week after it is gathered, being very sub¬ 
ject to grow mealy; it is a very indifferent fruit. This is a great bearer, and ripens the beginning 
of October. 
36. Pyrus (Verte-longue) sativa, fructu autumnali longo viridique odorato, in ore liquescente. 
Tourn. La Ferte-longue, Duh. n. 74. t. 73. the long green Pear. It is also called Moiiille bouche 
d’Automne, i. e. the Autumn Mouthwater Pear. This is a long fruit, which is very green when 
ripe; the flesh is melting, and very full of juice, which, if it grows upon a dry warm soil, and a free 
stock, is very sugary, otherwise it is but a very indifferent Pear. It ripens the middle of October, 
but in some years will keep till December. 
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37- Pyrus (Messire Jean) sativa, fructu autumnali tuberoso sessili saccharato, carne durh. Tourn. 
Messire Jean blanc & gris, Duh. n. 55. t. 26. the white and grey Monsieur John. These, although 
made two sorts of fruit by many persons, are indubitably the same; the difference of their colour 
proceeding from the different soils and situations where they grow, or the stocks on which they are 
grafted. This pear, when grafted on a free stock, and planted on a middling soil, neither too wet 
nor over dry, is an excellent autumn Pear; but when it is grafted on a Quince stock, it is very apt 
to be stony; or if planted on a very dry soil, is very apt to be small and good for little, unless the 
trees are watered in dry seasons, which has rendered it less esteemed by some persons, who have not 
considered the cause of their hardness; for when it is rightly managed, there are not many Pears in 
the same season to be compared with it. This is a large roundish fruit, the skin is rough, and com¬ 
monly of a brown colour; the flesh is breaking, and full of a rich sugared juice. It ripens the end 
of October, and will continue good near a month. 
38. Pyrus ( Muscat fleuri) sativa, fructu autumnali globoso ferrugineo, carne tenera sapidissimd. 
Tourn. Muscat fleuri, Duh. n.4. the flowered Muscat. It is also called Muscat a longue queue 
d’Automne, i. e. the long-stalked Muscat of the Autumn. This is an excellent Pear, of a middling 
size, and round; the skin is of a dark red colour; the flesh is very tender, and of a delicate flavour. 
It ripens the end of October. 
39- Pyrus ( Poire de Vigne ) sativa, fructu autumnali globoso ferrugineo, carne viscida. Tourn. 
Poir de Vigne, Vigne. Demoiselle. Duh. n. 110. t. 58. f. 2. the Vine Pear. This is a round fruit, 
of a middling size; the skin of a dark red colour; the flesh is very melting, and full of a clammy 
juice; the stalk is very long and slender. The fruit should be gathered before it be full ripe, other¬ 
wise it grows mealy and soon rots. It ripens the end of October. 
40. Pyrus ( Rousseline ) sativa, fructu autumnali oblongo, dilute rufescente, saccharato, odoratis- 
simo. Tourn. Poire Rousseline, Duh. n. 87* t.15. the Rousseline Pear. It is also called inTouraine, 
