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middle is larger than the head, and is sloped toward the stalk, which is short, large, and a little bent; 
the skin is green, with a few yellowish spots, but is sometimes a little coloured on the side next the 
sun; the flesh is very tender, and the juice is greatly sugared. It is in eating the latter end of De¬ 
cember, but will often keep good till the end of January, and is esteemed one of the best fruits of 
that season. 
55. Pyrus ( L'Eschasserie) sativa, fructu brumali, globoso, citriformi, flavescente, punctato, in ore 
liquescente, saccharato, odoratissimo. Tourn. L'Eschasserie, It is also called Vertelongue d’Hyver, 
i. e. the Winter long green Pear, and Besideri Landri, i. e. the Landry Wilding. Echassery. Bezi 
de Chassery, Duh. n. 66. t. 32. This Pear is shaped like a Citron; the skin is smooth, and of a 
green colour, with some spots while it hangs on the tree, but as it ripens it becomes of a yellowish 
colour; the stalk is straight and long; the eye is small, and not hollowed; the flesh is melting, and 
buttery; the juice is sugared, with a little perfume. It is in eating the latter end of December. 
56. Pyrus ( Virgouleuse ) sativa, fructu brumali longo, e viridi flavescente, in ore liquescente, 
saccharato. Tourn. Le Virgoule , or La Virgouleuse, Duh. n. 95. t. 51. It is also called Bujaleuf, 
and Chambrette; and Poire de Glace, i. e. the Ice Pear in Gascoigne; but it is called Virgoule, 
from a village of that name in the neighbourhood of St. Leonard in Limousin, where it was raised 
and sent to Paris by the Marquis of Chambret. This Pear is large, long, and of a green colour, 
inclining to yellow as it ripens; the stalk is short, fleshy, and a little bent; the eye is of a middling 
size, and a little hollowed; the skin is very smooth, and sometimes a little coloured towards the sun; 
the flesh is melting, and full of a rich juice. It is in eating the latter end of December, and will 
continue good till the end of January, and is esteemed one of the best fruits of the season; but the 
tree is very apt to produce vigorous shoots, and the blossoms being generally produced at the ex¬ 
treme part of the shoot, when they are shortened, the fruit will be entirely cut away, which is the 
reason it is condemned as a bad bearer; but when it is grafted on a free stock, it ought to be allowed 
upwards of thirty feet, and the branches trained in against the espalier or wall, at full length, in a 
horizontal position, as they are produced. Where this tree is thus treated, it will bear very plenti¬ 
fully, and the fruit will be good. 
57. Pyrus ( Ambrette) sativa spinosa, fructu globoso, sessili, ferrugineo, in ore liquescente, sac¬ 
charato, odoratissimo. Tourn. Arnbrelte, Duh. n. 65. t. 31. This is so called from its musky flavour, 
which resembles the smell of the Sweet Sultan Flower, which is called Ambrette in France. This 
Pear is like the Leschasserie in shape, but is of a russet colour; the eye is larger, and more hollowed; 
the flesh is melting, and the juice is richly sugared and perfumed; the seeds are large and black, 
and the cells in which they are lodged are very large: the wood is very thorny, especially when 
o'rafted on free stocks. The fruit is in eating the latter end of December, and continues good till the 
latter end of January, and is esteemed a very good fruit by most people. 
58. Pyrus ( Epine d'River) sativa, fructu brumali, magno, pyramidato, albido, in ore liquescente, 
saccharato, odorato. Tourn. Epine d'River, Duh. n. 64. t. 44. f. 3. Winter-thorn Fear. This is a 
large fine Pear, nearly of a pyramidal figure; the skin is smooth, and of a pale green colour, inclining 
to yellow as it ripens; the stalk is short and slender; the flesh is melting and buttery; the juice is 
very sweet, and in a dry season, is highly perfumed; but when it is planted on a moist soil, or the 
season proves wet, it is very insipid, so that it should never be planted on a strong soil. It ripens 
the end of December, and will continue good two months. 
59- Pyrus ( Saint Germain) sativa, fructu brumali longo, e viridi flavescente, in ore liquescente. 
Tourn. Saint Germain , Duh. n. 9 6 . t. 52. the St. Germain Fear. It is also called Inconniie la Fare, 
i. e. the Unknown of La Fare; it being first discovered upon the banks of a river which is called by 
that name, in the parish of St. Germain. This is a large long Pear, of a yellowish green colour 
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