PEAKS. 629 



other. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, about 

 an inch long, green, thick, and fleshy, inserted without depression. 

 Flesh, white, tender, fine-grained, juicy, and sweet. 



Of no great merit. Blets and rots at the core in the last week of 

 September. 



PEACH (Peche}. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters long, and two inches and a half wide ; roundish obovate. 

 Skin, smooth, pale greenish yellow when ripe, occasionally with a 

 faint blush of red on the side exposed to the sun, the surface covered 

 with minute dots, and a patch of cinnamon-coloured russet round the 

 stalk. Eye, large and open, set even with the surface, surrounded by 

 a few slight knobs. Stalk, upwards of an inch long, stout and woody, 

 inserted without depression on the stump end of the fruit. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, melting, and very juicy, sweet, richly flavoured, and 

 with a delicate perfume. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in the third and fourth weeks of 

 August. At Teddington Mr. Blackmore finds it quite worthless. 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1845. 



Peche. See Peach. 



PENGETHLEY. Fruit, medium sized ; obovate, inclining to oval. 

 Skin, pale green, covered with dark dots, and becoming yellow as it 

 ripens. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, long 

 and slender, curved, and set in an uneven cavity. Flesh, coarse- 

 grained, crisp, very juicy and sweet. 



Ripe in March. 



PEPIN SUCRE. Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and 

 three-quarters high ; round, Bergamot-shaped, a little uneven and 

 bossed in its outline. Skin, quite smooth, at first of a bright grass- 

 green, and then changing as it ripens to a clear pale straw-colour, with 

 an occasional tinge of brown on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 open, with short, erect segments, set in a wide basin, which is rather 

 deep. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet, and with a 

 sort of musky aroma. 



An early pear of no great merit ; ripe in the last week of August. 



I received this from M. Papeleu in 1847. 



Perdreau. See Early Eotisselet. 

 Perdreau Musque. See Early Eousselet. 



PERTUSATI. Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, and rather uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, bright yellow, mottled and dotted with clear 

 rough brown russet. Eye, closed, set in a wide rather deep basin. 

 Stalk, very short. Flesh, fine, melting and very juicy, sweet and 

 acidulous, and with an agreeable perfume. 



Ripe during October and November, and said by M. Leroy, by 



