404: THE PEAK. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



American. From Pennsylvania. Tree, vigorous, hardy, and moderately 

 productive. Fruit, large, obovate pyriform, surface irregular, yellowish 

 green, brownish russet, marbled ; stem, stout ; calyx, small, half closed ; 

 core, small; flesh, yellowish, rather coarse, breaking, juicy; "good." 

 October. 



PETRE. 



American. Originated in the old Bartram Botanic Garden, near Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Tree, moderate grower, with slender, yellowish brown shoots, 

 abundant bearer. Fruit, medium to large, oblong obovate pyriform, pale 

 yellow, with russet patches ; stem, rather stout, largest at base ; cavity, 

 abrupt; calyx, medium; basin, narrow; flesh, whitish, fine, melting, but 

 tery, perfumed, juicy, nearly " best." October. The " Bezi de la Motte " 

 has been disseminated for this variety, somewhat, through the West. 



PHILADELPHIA LATCH. 



Large, oblate pyriform, yellow, greenish gray dots, netted russet; stem, 

 stout ; cavity, deep, abrupt ; calyx, half closed ; basin, open ; flesh, coarse, 

 sugary, juicy; core, small ; rots at core ; productive; "very good." Sep- 

 tember, October. 



PHILIPPE GOES. 



Foreign. Tree, sufficiently vigorous and very fertile. Fruit, medium, 

 turbinate-pyriform, bossed, and often irregular ; skin, rough, totally covered 

 with gray russet ; flesh, whitish-yellow, fine and melting, juice enough, 

 sweet and finely perfumed ; quite first quality. Ripens middle of Novem- 

 ber. (An. Pom.) 



PINNEO. 



Boston, 1 Summer Yirgalieu, 



Graves? | Hebron. 



American. Originated in Tolland County, Conn., and first introduced 

 to notice in transactions of the Hartford County Horticultural Society. 

 Young wood, of a brownish red ; tree vigorous and productive. Fruit, 

 small to medium, oblong obovate pyriform, tapering toward the stem ; 

 color, pale yellow, tinge of red in the sun, obscure dots ; and considerable 

 russet near base of stem ; stem, rather long ; cavity, shallow ; calyx, me- 

 dium, open ; basin, broad, shallow, slightly ribbed or furrowed ; flesh, 

 yellowish white, melting, juicy, sugary, rich delicious flavor ; core, medium 

 or small ; seeds, dark brownish black. Last of August. 



Pius IX. 



Foreign, Large, obovate, irregular pyriform; yellow, slightly rus- 

 seted; stem, short, curved, fleshy at junction; calyx, open ; basin, shal- 

 low; flesh, coarse ; "good." September, October. 



PLATT'S SEEDLING. 



Origin, on the farm of the late Thomas Tredwell, Beekmantown, din-, 

 ton County, N. Y. Tree, vigorous, hardy and productive. Fruit, rather 

 large ; skin, yellow : a fruit of good quality, and perhaps may be valuable 

 for orchard culture, particularly at the North. October, November. 



