TEARS. 633 



waist in the middle. Skin, covered with cinnamon-coloured russet. 

 Eye, open, with short, stout, erect segments, set even with the surface. 

 Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, set in an open cavity. Flesh, half- 

 melting, very juicy, sweet, and brisk, with a flavour reseinbling a pine- 

 apple. 



A good pear ; ripe in November. 



Raised at the Royal Garden, Frogmore, and first exhibited in 1871. 



Present de Malines. See Passe Colmar. 



Present Royal de Naples. See Beau Present (TArtois. 



Preul. See Passe Cobnar. 



PREVOST. Fruit, rather large ; roundish oval. Skin, clear golden 

 yellow, with a bright red blush on the exposed side, and marked with 

 flakes of russet. Eye, open, not deeply sunk. Stalk, about an inch 

 long. Flesh, fine-grained, half-melting, and half-buttery, pretty juicy, 

 and highly aromatic. 



A good late pear ; ripe from January to April, but unless grown in a 

 warm soil and situation it rarely attains the character of a melting 

 fruit. 



PRINCE ALBERT. Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, of a deep lemon-yellow colour, and frequently with a blush of 

 red next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow basin, Stalk, 

 an inch long, not depressed. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, juicy, 

 sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A pear of only second-rate quality ; in use from February till March. 

 Mr. Blackmore says it is worthless. The tree is a hardy and vigorous 

 grower, and forms a handsome pyramid. 



Prince Camille de Rohan. See Camille de Rohan. 

 Prince de Ligne. See Figue. 



PRINCE IMPERIAL. Fruit, of medium size, three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two and three-quarters wide ; short obovate. Skin, 

 green, dotted, streaked, and mottled with russet, especially round the 

 eye. Eye, large and open, set in a wide and rather deep basin. Stalk, 

 short and slender, curved, and inserted without depression, Flesh, 

 white, juicy, and melting, sweet, acidulous, and perfumed. 



Ripe during September and October ; of variable and doubtful merit. 



Prince's Pear. See Chair a Dames. 

 Princesse. See Muscat Robert. - 

 Princesse de Parrue. See Marie Louise. 



PRINCESSE CHARLOTTE. Fruit, medium sized; obovato-turbi- 

 nate, rather undulating in its outline. Skin, yellow, thickly dotted 

 and freckled with cinnamon russet in the shade, and with a warm orange 



