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Le Muscat a longue queue de la fin d'automne, i. e. the long-stalked Muscat of the end of autumn. 
This is by some English gardeners called the Brute-bonne, but that is a very different fruit from this. 
It is shaped somewhat like the Rousselet, but the skin of this is smooth, and of a greenish yellow 
from the sun, but the side next the sun is of a deep red colour, with some spots of grey; the flesh is 
very tender and delicate; the juice is very sweet, with an agreeable perfume. It ripens the middle 
of October, but must not be long kept, lest it rot in the middle. 
41. Pyrus ( Pendar ) sativa, fructu autumnali oblongo majori cinereo. Tourn. Poire Pendar , i. e. 
the Knave's Pear. This is very like the Cassolette Pear, but is somewhat larger; the flesh is fine 
and tender; the juice is very much sugared. It ripens the end of October. 
42. Pyrus ( Sucre vert ) sativa, fructu autumnali turbinato tuberoso viridi saccharato, in ore lique- 
scente. Tourne. Sucre vert, Duh. n. 68. t. 34. the green Sugar Pear. This Pear is shaped like 
the Winter Thorn, but is smaller; the skin is very smooth and green; the flesh is very buttery; the 
juice is sugared, and of an agreeable flavour; but it is sometimes subject to be stony in the middle, 
especially grafted on a Quince stock. 
43. Pyrus ( Marquise ) sativa, fructu autumnali tuberoso sessili, b viridi flavescenle, maculis nigris 
consperso, carne tenera saccharata. Tourn. La Marquise, Duh. n. 93. t. 49- the Marchioness's 
Pear. This is often of two different shapes, according to the nature of the soil where they are 
planted; for when the soil is dry, the fruit very much resembles a fine Blanquet; but when the soil 
is very rich and moist, it grows much larger. It is a well-shaped Pear, flat at the top; the eye is 
small and hollowed; the skin is of a greenish yellow, a little inclining to red on the side next 
the sun. If this Pear does not change yellow in ripening it is seldom good; but if it does, the 
flesh will be tender and delicate, very full of juice, which is sugared. It ripens the beginning of 
November. 
44. Pyrus ( Chat-brule ) sativa, fructu autumnali, oblongo, partim albido, partim rufescente. The 
Chat-brule, Duh. n. 116 . the Burnt Cat. It is also called Pucelle de Xaintogne, i; e. the Virgin of 
Xaintogne. This is a small oblong Pear, shaped much like the Martin Sec, but differs from it in 
colour, this being of a pale colour on one side, but of a dark brown on the other; the skin is smooth; 
the flesh is tender, but dry, and, if kept a short time, is apt to grow mealy. It is in eating the 
beginning of November. 
45. Pyrus ( Besideri ) sativa, fructu autumnali globoso sessili, ex albido fiavescente. Le Bezi 
Tilery, Duh. n. 23. It is so called from Heri, which is a forest in Bretagne, between Rennes and 
Nantes, where this Pear was found. This is a middle-sized round Pear, of a pale green, inclining to 
a yellowish colour; the stalk is very long and slender; the flesh is dry, and but very indifferent for 
eating, but it bakes well. It ripens the middle of November. 
46. Pyrus ( Crasane) sativa, fructu brumali sessili, e viridi fiavescente, maculato* utrinque um- 
bilicato, in ore liquescente. Tourn. The Crasanne, or Bergamotte Crasanne, Duh. n.41. t.22. It 
is also called Buerre Plat, i. e. the flat Butter Pear. This Js a middle-sized Pear, hollowed at the 
crown like an Apple; the stalk is very long and crooked; the skin is rough, of a greenish yellow 
colour when ripe, covered over with a russet coat; the flesh is extremely tender and buttery, and is 
full of a rich sugary juice, and is the very best Pear of the season. This is in eating the middle 
of November. 
47 . Pyrus ( Dauphine ) saliva, fructu brumali turbinato sessili fiavescente saccharato odorato, in 
ore liquescente. Tourn. Lansac ou la Dauphine, Duh. n. 109- t. 57- the Lansac or Dauphine Pear. 
This Pear is commonly about the size of a Bergamot, of a roundish figure, flat towards the head, but 
a little produced towards the stalk; the skin is smooth, and of a yellowish green colour; the flesh is 
yellow, tender, and melting; the juice is sugared, and a little perfumed; the eye is very large, as is 
