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is unknown. It is not mentioned in the Jardin'er Fran$nis of 1653, nor in any 

 of the editions of De la Quintinye. The earliest record of it among continental 

 writers is by Roger Schabol. 



PECHE TARDIF is a late form of Peach Apricot, to which it is 

 quite similar, and ripens a fortnight later. 



Peche. See Peach. 



Peche Hatif d'Oullins. See Oullins Early Peach. 



Persian. See Orange. 



PINE -APPLE (Ananas}. Fruit, large, roundish and flattened, and 

 marked with a rather shallow suture. Skin, thin and delicate, of a 

 deep golden yellow on the shaded side, but with a highly coloured red 

 cheek where exposed to the sun, and speckled with large and small red 

 specks. The flesh is reddish yellow, tender, but somewhat firm ; never 

 becomes mealy, but is juicy, and with a rich pine-apple flavour. Stone, 

 oval, three-ribbed, and impervious along the back. Kernel, bitter. 



Ripens in the middle of August. 



PORTUGAL (Male). Fruit, very small, resembling in shape and 

 size the Red Masculine. It is round, and divided on one side by a 

 deep suture. Skin, pale yellow on the shaded side, and deep yellow, 

 tinged with red, and marked with brown and red russet spots on the 

 side next the sun. Flesh, deep yellow, tender, melting, with a rich 

 sugary and musky flavour ; adhering somewhat to the stone. Stone, 

 almost round, impervious along the back. Kernel, bitter. 



Ripe in the beginning and middle of August. 



Precoce. See Pied Masculine. 

 Precoce d'Esperen. See Large Early. 

 Precoce d'Hongrie. See Large Early. 



PRECOCE D'ORLEANS. Fruit, round ; ripening at the same time 

 as Precoce d'Oullins, to which it is much inferior. 



PRECOCE D'OULLINS. A good early apricot, quite distinct from 

 Oullins Early Peach, to which it is much inferior. The tree is a very 

 delicate grower. 



PROVENCE. Fruit, small ; compressed on the sides, marked with 

 a deep suture, which extends from the base to the apex, and is higher 

 on one side than the other. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, but red 

 where exposed to the sun. Flesh, yellow and melting, with a rich 

 flavour and pleasant aroma, but rather dry. Stone, rugged. Kernel, 

 sweet. 



Ripe in the end of July. The tree is a free grower, with pretty long 

 shoots, which are thickly set with triple and sometimes quadruple buds. 



