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Peach Curl—continued. Pear—continued. 
noted, the leaves affected assume a yellowish or red a very agreeable musky aroma. November and December, An 
colour, and fall. The disease manifests itself in spring, excellent variety for pyramid or cordon. 
and both infested leaves and shoots should be removed 
and burnt. Spraying with a weak solution of Bordeaux 
Mixture shonld be used to prevent the spores which are 
disseminated from germinating, and thus increasing the 
area of infection. 
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY. ‘ce Vanessa. 
PEACOCK TIGER FLOWER. See Tigridia 
Pavonia. 
Fic. 620. Prar EMILE D'HEYST. 
Marguerite Marillat. Fruit large, obovate; eye small, in a 
shallow basin; skin greenish-yellow, russety, and flushed on 
the exposed side; flesh white, melting, and very juicy, with a 
rich aromatic flavour. A new French variety of much promise. 
Marie Guise. Fruit medium size, juicy, melting, and rich. 
February to March. See Fig. 621. 
Princess. A larger and later form of LOUISE BONNE DE 
JERSEY. November and sometimes December. 
Triomphe de Vienne. [Fruit very large, long-pyriform; eye 
small, partly closed, set in a shallow basin; skin yellow, 
usually covered with russety dots; flesh white, juicy, and of 
Fic. 618. PEAR CONFERENCE. excellent flavour, September. Tree hardy, strong, and an 
abundant bearer. 
PEAR. Some of the finest of the varieties intro- 
| duced during the last ten years or so are included in 
; the enumeration below. We also illustrate three of the 
older and very distinct varieties: Conference (Fig. 618), 
Des Deux Scenrs (Fig. 619), and Emile d’Heyst (Fig. 620). 
Beacon. Fruit large, long-pyriform; eye large, set in a shallow 
basin; skin yellow, flushed on the exposed side; flesh white, 
melting, and good if gathered before fully ripe, insipid if 
ripened on the tree. August. The tree is hardy, handsome, 
and a good bearer. 
Beurré Baltet Pére. Fruit large, obovate; eye large and 
open ; skin green, covered with red on the exposed side; flesh 
melting and well flavoured. November. A handsome Pear, and 
a good cropper. 
Fic. 621. PEAR MARIE GUISE. 
Funar. To the list of fungi injurious to Pears enu- 
merated in Vol. III., must be added Taphrina_bullata, 
which is responsible for the condition known as Pear-leaf 
Blister, and which is quite different from that dne to the 
attacks of the Gall-Mite. The fungus is a near relative of 
Exoascus deformans, causing Peach Carl, but unlike that 
species it does not distort the leaves. The blisters may 
not be noticed at first, so closely do they approximate 
to the general leaf-colour; and it is not until the brown, 
or it may be the fruit-producing stage (white), that the 
Fig. 619. PEAR Des DEUX SeuRs. symptoms of attack are observed. 
: “Weak Bordeaux Mixture is the preventive to employ, 
combined with the destruction by fire of all infested 
leaves which fall or which can be reached. 
| Beurré Dumont. [Fruit medium to large, obovate; eye small | 
| and full; skin russety ; flesh white, melting, and delicious, with | 
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