THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 515 



pyriform ventriculous ; flesh very fine, juicy, melting, saccharine and perfumed; Aug. and 



Sept. 



Prud'homme. 1. Guide Prat. 9S. 1895. 



Published in the Journal of the National Society of Horticulture of France in 1875. 

 :gorous and very fertile. Flesh saccharine, very sprightly; Sept. to Dec. 

 Pudsey. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 97. 1875. 



A native of Nova Scotia which compares " favorably in flavor, richness, and other 

 qualities with some of the most popular sorts at present cultivated." 

 Puebla. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:568, fig. 1869. 



A seedling of M. Andre - Leroy, Angers, Fr., reported in 1863. Fruit large, ovate, rather 

 ventriculous and much bossed, with one side nearly always less swelled than the other; 

 skin thick and rough, yellow, covered with large patches of russet and grayish dots; flesh 

 very white and very fine, melting, with some grit at the center, full of sugar} 7 juice, with 

 an acid taste and agreeable perfume ; first ; Oct. 

 Pulsifer. 1. Horticulturist 8:460, fig. 1S53. 



Dr. John Pulsifer of Hennepin, 111., in the spring of 1843 planted in his garden a pear 

 •seed which produced a tree bearing fruit of great merit. An early and prolific bearer, 

 hardy, vigorous. Fruit hardly medium, pyriform, dull golden-yellow, covered with an 

 open network of slight russet; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, and delicious, much like 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, but superior to it; Aug. 

 Pushkin. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920. 



Pyrus ovoidea x R. & K. 533, a Russian pear. Originated by N. E. Hansen, Brookings, 

 S. D., and introduced by him in 1919. 

 Queen Jargonelle. 1. Gard. Chron. 3d Ser. 2:369. 1887. 



Of unknown origin but it appears to have been disseminated by the Rev. W. Kingsley, 

 Thirsk, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit soft, juicy and agreeable; Aug. 

 Queen Victoria. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 635. 1884. 



Raised by Mr. W. Willison, a florist at Whitby, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit medium, obo- 

 Vate, even in its contour, greenish-yellow at maturity, with a crust of cinnamon-russet on 

 the side next the sun; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and with an almond flavor; end of Aug. 

 Quileterte. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:388. 1843. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 840. 1869. 



This is a Van Mons seedling, and was exhibited at the fifteenth annual exhibition 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in September, 1843, by R. Manning of Salem. 

 Fruit nearly medium, globular, a little flattened, greenish, nearly covered with dull iron- 

 colored russet; flesh white, buttery, melting, rich, sweet and perfumed; an odd-looking fruit, 

 scarcely good; Nov. 

 Quince. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 



A seedling raised by S. A. ShurtlefT, Brookline, Mass., and fruited in 1862. Fruit 

 diameter 3 inches; skin lumpy and nodular; flesh fine-grained, juicy and sweet; great bearer; 

 Sept. 

 Quinn. 1. Horticulturist 22:42, 117, fig. 25. 1867. 



P. T. Quinn, Newark, N. J., submitted specimens of this pear to the Committee of 

 the Farmers' Club of the American Institute which issued a report upon it on January 



