180 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



end ; size, 1 ; use, baking ; texture, crisp ; quality, 2 ; sea- 

 son, September. 



Eemarks. — " Only fit for baking." — A. H. Ernst. 



Panachee, see Yerte Longue. 



Paddington, or Easter Bergamot. Color, green ; form, 

 round; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, sprightly, crisp, juicy, 

 and melting at maturity; quality, 2 ; season, January to 

 February. 



Eemarks. — A little acid. It is inferior to the Easter 

 Beurre for eating, but worthy of cultivation. Stem short 

 and thick. 



Passe Colmar, with about twenty synonymes. Color, 

 yellowish green, becoming yellow at maturity, sprinkled 

 with light brown russet ; form, oblate, obovate, obtuse 

 pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, buttery, sugary ; 

 quality, 2, sometimes 1 ; season. Winter. 



Remarks. — Uncertain in quality at the West. Slender 

 wood, thrifty. Mr. Buchanan tells us to be j^atient with 

 it, and we shall be repaid. There have been brought to 

 the Horticultural Society, occasionally, a few good speci- 

 mens. The tree requires high culture, severe pruning, 

 and great care, being too luxuriant in growth. 



Payency. Color, dull pale green, with patches of 

 russet, yellowish at maturity ; form, pyriform ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table; texture, juicy, sugary, melting; quality, 2; 

 season, September. 



Remarks. — Tree of vigorous growth, early bearer, and 

 particularly profitable on the quince. 



PETRE. Color, pale yellow; form, oblate, obovate 



