498 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Pfingstbirne. I. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstknude 2:96. 1856. 



German seedling, 1851. Fruit medium, globular, green turning yellowish-green, 

 speckled and dotted with gray; skin thin and scentless; flesh rather white, sweet and musky; 

 first for table, household and market; early summer. 

 Philiberte. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 



French. Fruit rather large, nearly globular, a beautiful lemon-yellow; flesh very fine, 

 melting, very juicy, agreeably perfumed; first; Dec. and Jan. 

 Philippe-Le-Bon. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. I :x6x, fig. 81. 1872. 



Philipp dcr Gule. 2. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 



According to the catalog of Van Mons of 1S23 this was one of his seedlings. Fruit 

 hardly medium, ovate, or turbinate-ovate, short and thick, usually even in outline; skin 

 thick, firm, glossy, pale green, whitish-brown dots; at maturity the basic green passes to 

 pale dull yellow, washed with some clear cerise-red; flesh white, rather coarse, buttery, not 

 much juice, but vinous and perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct. 

 Philippe Couvreur. 1. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 264. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 72. 1895. 



Of Belgian origin. Fruit medium to large, orange-yellow dotted with russet; flesh 

 white, tinted with salmon, fine, juicy, perfumed; good; beginning of Oct. 

 Philippe Goes. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:51, fig. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 833. 

 1869. 

 A posthumous gain from the seed beds of Van Mons. The parent tree gave its first 

 fruit in 1846. Fruit above medium, obovate, uneven and undulating in outline; skin rough 

 to the touch, of a dark olive, much covered with a bright russet; flesh semi-melting, gritty, 

 sweet, rather granular at the center, juice rarely abundant, saccharine, vinous and fairly 

 well perfumed; second; Dec. 

 Philippot. 1. Leroy Diet. Pain. 2:530, fig. 1869. 



Originated with M. Philippot, a nurseryman at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Fr. In 1852 

 it fruited for the first time and was propagated in i860. Fruit large to very large, globular- 

 conic, obtuse, swelled and fleshy at the base; skin yellowish, in part dotted and marbled 

 with brownish-fawn; flesh very white, coarse, semi-breaking, watery; juice abundant, 

 'sweet, having little sugar or perfume although rather delicate; third for dessert, first for 

 cooking; Jan. to Alar. 

 Philopena. 1. IT. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 24. 1904. 



A chance variety brought to notice by Reuben Ragan of Indiana, about 1850 and 

 named Philopena by him. Fruit small to medium, oblong-pyriform, yellow, with purple 

 blush; calyx open, in a small, shallow basin; stem short, cavity small or absent; quality 

 medium; three or four weeks after Bartlett. 

 Picciola. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 833. 1869. 



Of Belgian origin. Fruit small, globular-oblate, greenish-yellow, sometimes slightly 

 blushed in the sun, with traces of russet; flesh whitish, very juicy, melting, with a vinous 

 flavor; good to very good; Sept. 



Pie IX. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:86. 1854. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:531, fig. 1869. 

 Pius IX. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 631. 1884. 

 The parent tree of Pie IX sprang from seed sown in 1834 by Van Mons in his nurseries 



