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Pope^s Quaker. Unprofitable ; indifferent ; poor. 



Pound. Color, greenish brown ; form, regular ; size, 1 ; 

 use, baking; texture, juicy ; quality,!; season, Winter ; 

 keeper, well and long. 



Remarks. — Weighs sometimes from twenty-six to 

 twenty-eight ounces. Tree, very vigorous, and large, and 

 hardy. •' Productive and hardy, keeps well, but good only 

 to sell." — Fndt Committee Cincinnati Horticultural Society. 



Pound, Moon's. See Moon's Pound. 



Princess of Orange, Not worth notice. 



PEATT. Color, greenish yellow; form, obovate P3^ri- 

 form ; size, 1; use, table; texture, melting, juicy ; quality, 

 1 ; season, September. 



Remarks. — From Rhode Island. Tree, vigorous, and 

 productive on pear. 



Prince's St. Germain. Color, green, and pale yellow, 

 marbled ; form, oblate, obovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table; texture, juicy; quality, 2; season, November to 

 February. 



Remarks. — Fine, juicy, Christmas pear. From the 

 seed of the old St. Germain, nearly fifty years since, at 

 the Princes' Nurseries, Flushing, Long Island. Tree, 

 hardy, thrifty, very productive. Fruit, keeps well, and 

 requires no more care to ripen, than apples (a rare thing). 

 Shoots, reddish brown. 



PuLSiFER. Color, yellow; form, pyriform, obtuse ; size, 

 3 ; use, table ; texture, white, melting, juicy; qualit}^, 1 ; 

 season, August. 



Remarks. — Native to the soil. Tree vigorous. 



