call'd la Crapaudine, i. e. the Toad-stone Pear; or elfe l'Ambrette d'Efté, i. e. the Summer Ambret; and likewise it is named la Rude Epée, i.e. the sharp Sword-pear, because of its prickly Wood; the Fruit is of the Pear make, neither long nor round, it is of a greyish Colour, a little butter'd or melting, the Juice fweet and pleafant.

Le Mufc d'Efté, i. e. the Summer, Musk-pear, otherwife call'd le Mufcat de Savoie, i. e. the Savoy Mufcat, or Poire aux Mouches, i. e. the Fly-pear, or l'Ognon de Vernon, or Vernon's Onion-pear, is a kind of red Orange-pear, lefs round than long; it is large and beautifully colour'd with yellow and red, it lafts a long

time.

Le Poire d'Orange, i. e. the Orange Pears, are of feveral Kinds; l'Orange Commune, i. e. the common Orange Pear, is fmall and greenish;

Orange Royalle, i. e. the Royal Orange-pear, is an handsome large Fruit, and very good; l'Orange mufquée, i. e. the musked Orange-pear, is of a flatter Make, and should be eaten before it is full ripe, for it is very fubject to rot at the Heart; and fo the other Orange-pears fhould not be fuffer'd to hang too long upon the Tree before they are eaten, for they lose their Good

nefs.

La Poire de Lichefrian, is longish, and of a ruffet grey, a great Bearer, and is foft and melting.

La Poire d'Eau Rofe, i. e. the Rose-water Pear, or by fome called Caillo-rofet, i.e. the cur led Rofe Pear, is grey and round, the Stalk very fhort, and the Juice sweet, and of a Rose-like Flavour.

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Le Mufcat d'Aouft, i. e. the August Mufcat, is call'd la Poire d'Avarat, i. e. the Averat Pear, or Poire d'Robine, or Poire de la Honville, i. e.. the Hanville-pear, or Poire Royalle, i.e. the Royalpear, is flat and round, and has a hard Flefh. The Fruit comes in Clufters, and is of an high musked Flavour, and one of the beft: There is the great and fmall of this Sort. There is harder and dryer than the large kind, which has the richeft Musk of any Pear.

Le parfum d'Aouft, i. e. the August perfumed Pear, or la Poiré de Berny, i. e. the Berny-pear, is longifh, large, and of a good Tafte. It is greenish and fpotted.

La Cramoifine, i. e. the Crimson Pear, is a fmall Pear, a little longifh, fomewhat like the Blanket Pear, but thinner; the Juice is very fweet, and 'tis a great Bearer,

Le bon Chrétien Mufquée, i. e. the musked bon Chretien, or good Chriftian, or Poire fans peau, i, e. the Pear without Skin, is rounder and fmaller than the Summer Sort; its Skin is yellow, and its Flesh pretty hard; it is one of the beft Pears, and the most in Efteem; its Juice very sweet and delicious. It must be graffed upon a free Stock, for it feldom comes to any thing upon the Quince, and is fo fickle, that even though it is graffed upon a Pear or free Stock, it lafts but few Years; it thrives better from a Bud than from Cleft Graffing, for the Cion languishes till the Incifion is intirely recover'd.

September Pears.

N September the following Pears are fit for the Table, viz. le bon Chrêtien d'Efté, i. e.

the Summer bon Chretien, or by fome call'd Gracio11, i. e. the delicate Pear; it is a large yellow Pear, with tender Flefh, full of fine fugar'd Juice, of a longish Make; 'tis a pretty good Bearer, chiefly about the tops of the Branches, which fhould not be cut off in more than from thofe Trees which bear in the fame manner.

La Poire de Salveati, is pretty large, round, and flat, a Stalk long and flender; its Fruit is fair and handfome, of a fine yellow; 'tis melting, and will keep pretty well; it is one of the fweetest Pears, and may be reckon'd among the beft.

La Chambrette, i. e. the Chambrette Pear, is large and longifh, with a very agreeable melting Fleth; 'tis fo named, as being firft brought among us by the Marquis of Cambray, the Author of the Virgouleufe; fome call it la Chambrette d'Hyver, i. e. the Winter Chambrette.

La Poire d' Ange, i. e. the Angel Pear, is fomewhat like the Salveati; it is flatter and more melting, but has not fo rich a Flavour, nor quite fo fweet a Juice.

La Poire de mon Dieu, i. e. the God's Pear, is an handsome Fruit, and pretty good, of a yellowish red, and juicy enough, not fubject to be ftony; it is a very good Bearer, and the Pears ripen upon the Tree at fome diftance of Time from one another.

La Poire de Rofe, i. e. the Rofe Pear, has a large round Fruit, of an Onion Make; its Stalk is very long and flender, its Flesh is a little hard, it has a Rofe-water'd Juice, and very good.

La Verie longue, i. e. the long Green Pear, is alfo call'd Moüille bouche d'Automne, i. e. the Autumn Mouille bouche, or Autumn Mouth-water'd

Pear;

Pear; its Fruit is long and of a green colourwhen it is ripe, is very melting, and of a very rich Juice, efpecially when it grows in fuch Land as is rather dry than wet; it thrives better upon a Quince Stock.

La Verte longue Suiffe, i. e. the long Green Pear of Switzerland, or Poire panachée, i. e. the ftreak'd or strip'd Pear, has the fame Qualities with the former; its Wood is mark'd with yellow and green, and its Fruit a little ftrip'd, and even fome of its Leaves. I found this Fruit at Baudeville, where it was in great Efteem, and a Rarity.

Le Beurée Rouge, i. e. the red Beurée, or red Butter Pear; it is call'd likewife by fome French Gardiners Beurée d'Anjou, i. e. the Anjou Butter Pear; fome name it Poire d'Amboife, i. e. the Amboise Pear. In Normandy it is call'd Ifambert le bon, or the good Ifambert; it is a large Pear, long, but not pointed, well colour'd; it is fo butter'd and melting, that it well deferves its Character of Beurée; its Juice is fugar'd and high flavour'd, and it ripens off the Tree like the other Beurées, which should be gather'd before they are quite ripe: "Tis the beft Pear of this Seafon, as the Rouffelet is of Summer Pears, and the bon Chretien of the Winter.

Le Beurée gris, i. e. the grey Beurée, or grey Butter Pear, comes later than the former, and is tart and more melting; but the green Beuree is the leaft melting of any of the Butter Pears, its Juice more flat, and its Flavour lefs rich. To keep the Beuree a long time in eating, we must let them hang upon the Tree till they drop, and plant fome Trees of them against a Wall, to the Western Afpect.

Le Beurée blanc, i. e. the white Beuree, or by fome French Gardiners call'd Beurée a courte queue, i. e. the short stalk'd Beurée, but most commonly call'd Doyenné, or the Dean's Pear, alfo Poire de St. Michel, i. e. St. Michael's Pear, or Michaelmas-pear; by fome again, it is call'd Poire de Neige, i. e. the Snow-pear, or la bonne Enté, i. e. the good Graft; it is fair, large and a good Fruit, of a Citron Colour, and is by fome call'd Poire de Citron, i. e. Citron or Lemon-pear; 'tis very melting.

Le parfum d'Aouft, i. e. the perfumed Auguftpear, and the Brute bonne, are likewife in eating, part of this Month.

October Pears.

THE following Pears are fit for eating in

TOctober, viz.

The Mefire Jean, is of feveral Sorts; there is the White, the Gilded, and the Grey; the white Sort ripens firft, has its Flefh more tender than the others, and its Juice lefs fugar'd; its Whitenefs feems to proceed from fome Distemper in the Tree; for when the Tree is very vigorous, the Fruit is better colour'd.'

Le Mefire Jean dore, i. e. the Gilded Monfieur John, has a more richly fugar'd Juice than the former, and is not fo fubject to be ftony as the Grey Sort, which comes later, and will keep pretty well, and has an extraordinary rich Juice, this is one of the best and most ancient Fruits, is in eating all the Autumn Scafon, when People are, for the moft part, in the Country; and therefore one fhould have Plenty of 'em; the first of thefe is corruptly call'd, in fome Places in England, the John Dory.

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