NEW PEARS. CLASS II. AUTUMN. 151 



a rich, very saccharine, musky juice. A very excellent 

 pear, and hardy tree ; it highly deserves cultivation. Ripe 

 the beginning of October, and fine to the end. 



124. POIRE NEILL. Lindley. 



This fruit is sometimes nearly four inches long, and 

 three and a half inches in diameter ; pyramidally turbinate, 

 tapering to the stalk ; sometimes obliquely formed ; the 

 stalk is short and obliquely inserted ; the skin pale yellow, 

 intermixed with green, and mottled with thin gray russet; 

 flesh white, a little gritty, but very soft and mellow, abound- 

 ing with a saccharine and slightly musky juice. A very 

 fine and handsome new pear from Flanders, so named in 

 honor of Mr. Neill. Ripe in September, and lasts during 

 October. The tree is a great bearer. 



125. POPE'S QUAKER. [A.] 



Large and handsome ; of a bright yellow russet color, 

 and good. The tree produces large crops of fruit every 

 year, at the garden of Mr. Manning, who believes this 

 fruit to be a native. 



126. *PRINCESSE D'ORANGE. Pom. Mag. 



PRIXCESSE COSQUETTE. Thompson. 



The fruit is roundish turbinate, the size of the White 

 Doyenne, (St. Michael;) the skin bright reddish orange 

 russet; flesh yellowish white, sugary, and rich; in some 

 seasons, perfectly melting, but occasionally a little gritty. 

 From its great beauty, as well as the good quality of the 

 fruit, this variety is highly recommended to notice, as a 

 valuable autumn pear, ripening in October. Raised by 

 the Comte de Coloma in 1802. Fine with Mr. Man- 

 ning. 



127. PRINCE'S SAINT GERMAIN. [A.] 

 Raised by William Prince, Esq., proprietor of the Lin. 



Botanical Garden, Flushing, from the St. Michael and St. 

 Germain. The fruit is rather large, oblong, regular in 

 form ; yellow, covered with thin russet ; melting, and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. It ripens in autumn, and will keep till win- 

 ter. The tree is said to bear well. 



128. REINE DES POIRES. Thompson. 



Large, obtusely pyramidal ; cqlor yellowish green, but 

 red next the sun ; flesh breaking and good. September 

 and October. The tree is a great bearer. It does not, 

 however, merit its name. 



