UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 405 



POCAHONTAS. 



Origin, Quincy, Mass. Tree, moderately vigorous. Fruit, medium, 

 form variable, obovate pyriform, often turbinate; calyx, small, closed ; 

 stem, short, inserted without depression ; color, lemon yellow, with traces 

 of russet, and occasionally a bright vermilion cheek : flesh, white, melting, 

 juicy and buttery; flavor, sweet, rich and musky. 'Ripe first to the mid- 

 dle of October. (Wilder in Hort.) 



POIRE D' ALBERT. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, medium, pyramidal (elon- 

 gated or obtuse-pyriform) ; skin, rough, clear dark cinnamon russet, bronzed 

 on the sunny side ; stem, of medium length, stout, curved, swollen and 

 fleshy at the base, obliquely inserted in a slight cavity, on the lower side ; 

 eye, medium, partially open, and very slightly depressed, in a small, shal- 

 low basin ; flesh, greenish white, coarse, buttery, melting and juicy ; flavor, 

 vinous, very rich, and deliciously perfumed. October. (Hov. Mag.) 



POIRE DBS DEUX SOSURS. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, large, long pyriform, pale 

 green, with brown and black dots ; stem, short ; calyx, small, closed ; flesh, 

 fine, yellowish green, juicy, sugary. November. 



POIIIE RAMEAN. 



Begy de Vetrans. 



Large, obtuse pyriform, light yellow, gray dots, patches of russet ; calyx, 

 half closed; basin, open; flesh, firm, tough, cooking; productive. 



POIRE D'ABONDANCE. 



D'Abondance. 



Foreign. Fruit, above medium, oblong pyriform, pale yellow, with russet 

 dots, red in sun ; flesh, melting, juicy ; "very good." October. 



POIRE D'AVRIL. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, acute pyriform, yellowish green, rough, rus- 

 seted, and reddish in sun ; stem, fleshy at base ; calyx, closed ; flesh, green- 

 ish white, crisp, juicy, cooking ; core, small ; seeds, long, pointed. February 

 to May. 



POIRE DE TONGRES. n 



Foreign. Tree, strong grower. Fruit, large, obovate, bronzed, brown- 

 ish yellow, streaks of red in sun; flesh, melting, juicy, sugary, agreeable. 

 October. 



PRATT. 



American. Native of Rhode Island. Tree, vigorous, upright growth, 

 productive on Pear. Fruit, above medium, obovate pyriform, greenish yel- 

 low, with gray and russet dots and specks ; stem, slender ; calyx, open ; 

 flesh, white, fine-grained, melting, juicy, sugary ; " variable." September. 



PREVOST. 

 Poire Provost 



Foreign. Fruit of medium size : skin, thin, smooth, light green, passing 

 to golden-yellow at maturity, deeply shaded with carmine in the sun ; 



