830 



THE PEAK. 



low, tinge of retl in tlie sun, and thickly sprinkled with gray brown 



(.lots. Stalk stoiit, fleshy at insertion, and without cavity. Calyx open 



Flesh white, juicy, breaking, sweet, pleasant. Good. Januaiy to 

 M&rch. 



Pater ISToster. 

 Paul Thielens, erroneously. 



An old variety, of which the origin appears unknown. It was in 

 Van Mons' catalogue in 1823. 



Fruit large, variable in form, from obovate obtuse pyriform to irre- 

 gular obovate acute pyrifoi'm, greenish yellow, mottled and shaded in 

 sun with red, netted, patched, and dotted with russet brown. Stalk 

 stout, usually jjlanted with a lip. Basin shallow, uneven. Flesh white, 

 juicy, melting, slightly vinous. Good to very good. October, Novem- 

 ber. 



Paul Ambre. 



The origin of this Belgian variety is unknown. 



Fruit medium, roundish or roundish oval, pale greenish yellow, often 

 shaded and mottled with ci-imson in the sun, sometimes netted with rus- 

 set, and thickly sprinkled with russet brown dots. Stalk medium, set 

 in a small cavity. Calyx large, open, with long, broad, recurved seg- 

 ments. Basin shallow, smooth. Flesh whitish, juicy, buttery, melting, 

 sweet. Good to very good. October. 



Paul Thielens. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings, first fruited in 1844. Ti-ee vigorous 

 and productive. Young wood olive yellow broAvn. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate, -psAe yellow, slightly netted 

 and patched with russet, and sprinkled with russet dots, light shade of 

 crimson in the sun. Stalk medium length, pretty stout. Cavity broad, 

 irregular. Calyx small. Segments persistent. Basin small, abrupt, 

 uneven. Flesh whitish, coarse, juicy, melting, a little astringent. 

 Good. October. 



Payenche. 



Poire de Payency. 

 De Perigord. 

 Payenchi. 



Paquency. 



Payenchi de Perigord. 



Payency. 



This Pear was first discovered in the village of Payenche, in 1830. 

 Tree a moderately vigorous grower and an early bearer. 



Fruit medium size, oblong ovate pyriform, light yellow, with a rich 

 warm red cheek in the sun, much netted and specked with rough russet. 

 Stalk stout, curved, often a little inclined, and set with a scarcely per- 

 ceptible cavity. Calyx rather large, open. Basin small, abrupt. Flesh 

 yellowish white, a little coarse, melting, nuc}', sM^eet, slightly aromatic. 

 Good to very good. October. 



