[1821] The Poire sucrée, or “sugar-pear,” according to Hardouin; the Bergamotte, according to Dalechamps.
[1822] “Potu.” He would appear to allude to the manufacture of perry.
[1823] The Syrian pear is commended by Martial; it has not been identified, however.
[1824] The Poire musot, according to Dalechamps. Adrian Junius says that it is the Engelsche braet-peere of the Flemish.
[1825] The Pirus Pompeiana of Linnæus. Dalechamps identifies it with the Bon chretien, and Adrian Junius with the Taffel-peere of the Flemish.
[1826] The “breast-formed.”
[1827] The Pirus Favonia of Linnæus: the Grosse poire muscadelle of the French.
[1828] The Poire prevost, according to Dalechamps.
[1829] The Poire foré, according to Dalechamps.
[1830] The Saint Thomas’s pear of the Flemish.