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THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Peach. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 533. 1857. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 629. 1884. 



Peche. 3. Leroy ZPirf. Pom. 2:513, fig. 1869. 



A variety obtained by Major Esp^ren, Mechlin, Bel, from a bed of mixed seeds he 

 made in 1836, and first reported in 1845. Fruit small to mediimi, globular-obovate; skin 

 smooth, pale greenish-yellow when ripe, occasionally tinted with a faint blush of red on the 

 side toward the sun, dotted and mottled with brown; flesh white, citrine, fine, very melting, 

 very juicy, sweet, richly flavored and delicately perfumed; first in France, but variable 

 according to climate; Aug. 

 Pei-li. I. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 376. 1881. 



Pei-li or Snow pears: A race of pears grown in northwestern China; globular, white, 

 juicy and generally regarded as the best fruits in the coimtry. 

 Pemberton. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. S^i. i86g. 



A seedling of S. A. Shurtlefif, Boston, Mass. Fruit medium, inclining to oval, light 

 green, thickly sprinkled with dark dots, yellowish on the side of the sun, with sometimes a 

 red cheek; flesh somewhat coarse, but juicy, sweet; good; Feb. and Mar. 

 Penderson. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 831. 1869. 



Raised by Samuel Penderson, New Haven, Conn. Fruit medium, globular, greenish- 

 yellow; flesh white, breaking, semi-melting, brisk, rather astringent; good; Oct. 

 Pendleton Early Yoik. i. Mag. Hort. 14:381, fig. 41. 1848. 



York-precoce de Pendleton. 2. Guide Prat. 114, 313. 1876. 



Originated by Mrs. Jeremiah York, Connecticut, about 1826 from seed of Rousselet 

 Hdtif. Fruit medium or below, obovate, varying to obtuse-pyriform, pale greenish- 

 yellow, with russet specks, sometimes with a faint blush; flesh white, tender, sweet, melting, 

 slightly perfumed; good; last of July. 

 Pengethley. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 197. 1832. 



Raised by T. A. Knight, President of the London Horticultural Society, who, in 

 February, 1832, sent cions of the variety to Mr. Lowell and the Massachusetts Agricultiiral 

 Society. Fruit medium, inclining to oval, obovate, pale green, covered with dark dots, 

 changing to yellow as it ripens, sometimes having a red cheek; flesh somewhat coarse, but 

 juicy, sweet, and good; Feb. and Mar. 

 Penn. i. Horticulturist 18:58, fig. 1863. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Arn. 831. 1869. 



The original tree was planted at the beginning of the last century close to the old Penn 

 Manor in Pennsylvania and on the margin of land which became the track of the Camden 

 and Amboy Railroad. Inasmuch as its position was so close to the railway the company 

 threatened to cut it down. Hence it acquired the name of Railroad Fuss by which it was 

 known for many years. Fruit medium, oblate, sometimes globular-oblate, angular, pale 

 lemon-yellow, thickly sprinkled with small grayish and russet dots, sometimes with a 

 few patches and dots of russet around the calyx; flesh white, a little coarse, very juicy, 

 melting, with a sweet, pleasant, refreshing flavor, slightly aromatic, with a little musky 

 perfume; good to very good; Oct. 

 Pennsylvania, i. Mag. Hort. 10:213. 1844. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 832. 1869. 



A seedling found on the ground of J. B. Smith of Pennsylvania. In 1845 the original 

 tree was stated to be nearly forty feet high, of a pyramidal form and remarkably robust 



