THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 507 



Pratt, i. Horticulturist 1:210, fig. 58. 1846. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:542, fig. 1869. 



The Pratt pear was first brought into notice by Owen Mason, Providence, R. I., who 

 obtained cions from the original tree at Scituate, R. I., and distributed them in the spring 

 of 1844. It appears to have originated at Johnson, R. I. Fruit above medium, obovate, 

 greenish-yellow, sprinkled with numerous gray dots and russet spots; flesh white, tender, 

 melting, fine-grained, abounding with saccharine, well-flavored juice; second; Sept. 

 Pratt Junior, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1862. 



Another native which originated on the same farm as the preceding variety and named 

 by the Rhode Island Society in order to designate its origin; in appearance similar to Winter 

 Nelis. 

 Pratt Seedling, i. Chico Nurs. Cat. 13. 1904. 



Originated in Salem, Oregon, with Captain Pratt. Shape and color of Sheldon; keeps 

 until Mar. 

 Precilly. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 835. 1869. 



Belgian. Fruit medium to large, obovate-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted 

 and patched with russet and sprinkled with brown dots; flesh yellowish- white, coarse, 

 breaking, juicy; good for cooking; Oct. 

 Precoce de Celles. i. Guide Prat. m. 1876. 



Described by Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876 as a new variety received 

 from Belgium. Fruit medium, like Bergamot in form; very good in quality for its season; 

 early summer. 

 Precoce de Jodoigne. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:101, fig. 339. 1880. 



Obtained by M. Gre"goire, Jodoigne, Brabant, Bel., and first published in 1865. Fruit 

 rather small or nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, regular in contour, vivid green covered with 

 a sort of whitish bloom and sprinkled with green dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow 

 and occasionally tinged with red on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery, melting, 

 full of sweet juice, saccharine but not highly flavored; fairly good quality; July. 

 Precoce de Tivoli. i. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellow, flesh white, gritty, semi-breaking, saccharine; 

 good; Aug. 

 Precoce de Trevoux. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 328. 1906. 



Obtained by M. Treyve, TreVoux, Ain, Fr., and first published in 1862. Fruit full 

 medium size, pyriform-truncate, fine and tender skin of a vivid yellow, very finely dotted 

 with green and washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, 

 melting, juicy, sugary and richly flavored, agreeable perfume; good to very good; beginning 

 of Aug. 

 Precoce Trortier. i. Rev. Hort. 352. 1912. 



A French pear described by M. de la Bastie in the Journal of the Pomological Society 

 of France in 1890. Fruit medium or a little above medium, turbinate-ventriculous; at 

 first the skin is a very bright green changing to pale yellow with some green mark- 

 ings, and blushed with somber red on the side next the sun, dotted with brown; flesh 

 white, semi-fine, nearly melting, juicy, saccharine, agreeably perfumed; good to very good; 

 mid-July. 



