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‖ Virgouleuse|virguløz|
Also 7 Virguleus, 7, 9 Vergouleuse, 8 Virgoleuse.
[F. virgouleuse, f. Virgoulée (see prec.).]
A juicy variety of winter pear. Also attrib. with pear. Cf. vergaloo.
1698M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 159 The Virguleus Pears were admirable. 1699Evelyn Kal. Hort. (ed. 9) 167 Pears. Bergamot de Busy. Vergouleuse. 1706Gentil's Jardinier Solitaire 40 The Marquise, the Easter Bergamot, the Virgouleuse. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Pears, Pears which become ripe in November.—The Virgouleuse is an old Pear, well known for its Goodness. 1828–32Webster, Vergouleuse, a species of pear; contracted to vergaloo. 1845A. J. Downing Fruits & Fruit trees Amer. 450 Virgouleuse... An excellent old French variety [of winter pear]... It is, however, a very different pear from the Virgalieu of New-York, which is the White Doyenné. 1860Hogg Fruit Man. 219 Virgouleuse... Fruit large and pyriform. Skin smooth and delicate, pale lemon colour... November till January. |