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whom it was raised, to be of the first quality. It was named in honour 

 of Count Pertusati, of Milan. 



Petit Beurre d'Hiver. See Besi de Caissoy. 

 Petit Blanquet. See Small Blanquet. 

 Petit Certeau. See Bellissime cCAutomne. 

 Petite Fertile. See Ah ! mon Dieu. 



PETIT MUSCAT (Little Muscat; Sept-en-gueule). Fruit, small, 

 produced in clusters ; turbinate. Skin, at first yellowish green, changing 

 as it ripens to bright yellow, and covered with dull dark red next the 

 sun, dotted all over with numerous brown dots. Eye, open, with long 

 acuminate and reflexed segments, not depressed. Stalk, an inch or 

 more long, inserted without a cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, half- 

 melting, sweet, and musky. 



One of the earliest of dessert pears ; ripe the end of July. Tree, 

 strong, vigorous, an abundant bearer, and succeeds well either on the 

 pear or quince. 



Petit Oin. See Merveille d'Hiver. 

 Petit Rateau. See Pastorale. 

 Petit St. Jean. See Amire Joannet. 

 Petite Orange. See Orange Musquee. 

 De Pezenas. See Duchesse d'Angouleme. 

 Philippe Delfosse. See Beurre Delfosse. 



PHILIPPE GOES. Fruit, large ; obovate, uneven and undulating 

 in its outline. Skin, very much covered with bright russet, rough to 

 the touch, and with a greenish tinge on the shaded side. Eye, large 

 and open. Stalk, stout and thick. Flesh, half-melting, gritty, sweet, 

 and perfumed. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in November and December. 



Philippe de Paques. See Easter Beurre. 

 Pickering Pear. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 

 Pickering's Warden. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 



PIERRE PEPIN. Fruit, large, three inches and three-quarters long 

 by two inches and three-quarters broad ; pyriform or oblong obovate. 

 Skin, lemon-yellow, delicately shaded with green, and thickly dotted 

 with brown russet. Eye, small, half open, and set in a wide and 

 pretty deep basin. Stalk, upwards of an inch in length, inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh, white, melting, very juicy, sweet, and vinous, 

 with an acidulous and perfumed flavour. 



