different between virgalieu vs vergaloue

English

Noun

virgalieu (plural virgalieus)

1. A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; also called White Doyenne.
   • 1861, Peter B. Mead, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Vol. XVI, p. 280:

     If "Virgalieu" is the term by which the White Doyenne pear is most generally known, (and this can not be denied) then to adopt the latter will produce just the confusion against which Mr. Eaton protests; and this is really the fact; for not half those who grow this pear will know what you mean, if you call it the White Doyenné.

Synonyms

• vergaloo (dated)

References

• virgalieu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Noun

vergaloue (plural vergaloues)

1. (archaic) virgalieu, a variety of pear.

References

• • 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, page 148:

    Jehoiakim also hastened to convey refreshments to Cuffee, who in turn presented him with some grafts from the Vergaloue, the Bennet, and the Winter Pear, eulogizing their respective merits; and not forgetting to add, that his Mistress had "eight bery large fine tree, most hundred year old."