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also the flower, and the stalk is long and straight. When this Pear is upon a free stock, and planted 
on a good soil, it is one of the best fruits of the season; but when it is on a Quince stock, or upon a 
very dry soil, the fruit will be small, stony, and worth little. It ripens the end of November. 
48. Pyrus ( Martin Sec) sativa, fructu brumali oblongo, partial intensh, partim dilute ferrugineo, 
saccharato, odorato. Tourn. Martin Sec, Dull. n. 36. 1.14. the Dry Martin. This is sometimes 
called the Dry Martin of Champagne, to distinguish it from another Dry Martin of Burgundy. This 
Pear is almost like the Rousselet in shape and colour, which has occasioned some persons to give it the 
name of Winter Russelet. It is an oblong Pear, whose skin is of a deep russet colour on one side, 
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but the other side is inclining to a red; the flesh is breaking and fine; the juice is sugared, with a 
little perfume, and if grafted on a free stock, is an excellent Pear, but if it be on a Quince stock, 
it is very apt to be stony. It is in eating the end of November, but if permitted to hang the full 
time on the tree, will keep good two months. 
49 . Pyrus ( Bigarrade ) sativa, fructu brumali magno sessili, d cinereo flavescente. Tourn. La 
Villaine d’Anjou. It is also called Poire Tulipee, i. e. the Tulip Pear, and Bigarrade, i. e. the Great 
Orange. This is a large round Pear, with a very long slender stalk; the skin is of a pale yellow 
colour; the flesh is breaking, but not very full of juice. This is in eating the end of November. 
50. Pyrus ( Poire de gros queue) sativa, fructu brumali flavescente odoratissimo, pediculo crassiori. 
Tourn. Poire de gros queue, i. the large stalked Pear. This is a large roundish Pear, with a yellow 
skin; the stalk is very thick, from whence it had the name; the flesh is breaking and dry, and has a 
very musky flavour; but it is apt to be stony, especially if it be planted in a dry soil, or grafted on 
a Quince stock, as are most of the perfumed Pears. 
51. Pyrus (Amadote) sativa, fructu brumali turbinato rufescente odorato. L’Amadote, i. e. the 
Amadot Pear. This is a middle-sized Pear, somewhat long, but flat at the top; the skin is generally 
rough, and of a russet colour; the flesh is dry and high-flavoured, if grafted on a free stock. The 
wood of this tree is generally thorny, and is esteemed the best sort of Pear for stocks to graft the 
melting Pears upon, because it gives them some of their fine musky flavour. It is in eating the 
beginning of December, but will keep good six weeks. 
52. Pyrus ( Bouvar) sativa, fructu brumali, globoso, dilutd virente, tuberoso, punctato, in ore 
liquescente. Tourn. Petit Oin, i. e. Little Lard Pear. It is also called Bouvar and Rousette 
d*Anjou, i. e. the Russet of Anjou; and Amadont, and Merveille dTTyver, i. e. the Wonder of the 
Winter. This Pear is of the size and shape of the Ambret or Leschasserie, but the skin is of a clear 
green colour, and a little spotted; the stalk is pretty long and slender; the eye is large, and deeply 
hollowed; the flesh is extremely fine, and melting; the juice is much sugared, and has an agreeable 
musky flavour. It is in eating the middle of December, and is esteemed one of the best fruits in that 
season. This is better on a free stock than upon the Quince. 
53. Pyrus ( Louisekonne) sativa, fructu brumali, longo, e viridi albicante, in ore liquescente. 
Tourn. Louisekonne , Duh. 97- t. 53. This Pear is shaped somewhat like the St. Germain, or the 
Autumn Vertelongue, but is not quite so much pointed; the stalk is very short, fleshy, and somewhat 
bent; the eye and the flower are small; the skin is very smooth; the colour is green, inclining to a 
pale colour when ripe; the flesh is extremely tender and full of juice, which is very sweet, especially 
when it grows upon a dry soil, otherwise it is apt to be very large and ill tasted. It is in eating the 
beginning of December. 
54. Pyrus ( Colmar) sativa, fructu brumali, tuberoso, b viridi flavescente, punctato, saccharato. 
Tourn. Poire de Colmar, i. e. the Colmar Pear. It is also called Poire Manne, the Manna Pear, and 
Bergamotte tardive, the late Bergamot. Colmart Poire Manne. Duh. n. 94. t. 50. This Pear is 
somewhat like a Boncretien in shape, but the head is flat; the eye is large, and deeply hollowed; the 
