Pears. 



good market pear, of moderate 

 flavor. 



Pitt's Prolific. Medium, oblong pyr- 

 iform, yellow ; coarse ; sweet ; 

 rather poor. September. 



Plombgastel. See St. Michael Arch- 

 angel. 



Pocahontas. Medium, obovate, or 

 turbinate pyriform, yellow ; melt- 

 ing, sweet, musky. Early Octo- 

 ber. Mass. 



Poire d'Abondance. Rather large, 

 oblong pyriform, pale yellow ; 

 melting, juicy, sweet, good. Octo- 

 ber. 



Poire d'Albret or Beurre d'Albret. 

 Medium, pyramidal, rough, brown 

 russet ; coarse ; juicy, vinous, 

 rich, perfumed. October. 



Poire d'Avril. Large, roundish 

 conic, greenish yellow ; granular ; 

 juicy, sweet, agreeable baking. 

 November to February. 



Poire de Chasseurs. Medium, short 

 pyriform, greenish yellow ; juicy, 

 buttery, perfumed, vinous. Oc- 

 tober. Belgian. 



Poire de Lepine. Small, oblate, yel- 

 lowish and red ; granular ; melt- 

 ing, vinous, perfumed. Novem- 

 ber. 



Poire Guillaume. See Bartlett. 



Poire Neige. See White Doyenne. 



Pope's Quaker. Medium, oblong 

 pyriform with yellow russet ; juicy, 

 pleasant. October. L. I. 



Pound, p. 308. 



Pratt, p. 284. 



President Mas. Large, pyriform, 

 orange yellow with russet ; juicy, 

 melting and sweet. Early winter. 

 French. 



Prevost. Medium, rich yellow with 



a red cheek ; sweet, perfumed. 

 Winter. Belgian. 



Primitive. See Little Musk. 



Prince Albert. Medium, pyriform, 

 yellowish ; melting, rich. Febru- 

 ary. Belgian. 



Princess Charlotte. Medium, short 

 pyriform, greenish ; of little value 

 here. October. Belgian. 



Princess Maria. Rather small, py- 

 ramidal yellow, mostly russeted ; 

 coarse ; sweet, agreeable. October. 

 Belgian. 



Princess of Orange. Medium, round- 

 ish, russeted ; crisp, juicy, astrin- 

 gent. October. Flemish. 



Pulsifer, p. 270. 



Queen of the Low Countries, p. 



284. 

 Quinnipiac. See St. Ghislain. 



Rallay. Medium, short pyriform, 

 yellow, thinly russeted \ buttery, 

 melting ; good. Winter. 



Rapelje. Medium, varying from 

 obovate or turbinate to pyriform, 

 yellowish, russeted ; juicy, varying 

 from a rich aromatic to a poor 

 flavor. September. L. I. 



Raymond, p. 296. 



Read's Seedling. See Oswego Beurre. 



Reading, p. 308. 



Reine Caroline. Medium, narrow, 

 pyriform, yellow with a red cheek ; 

 crisp, dry, poor. November. 



Retour de Rome. Medium, oblate, 

 yellowish, partly russeted ; granu- 

 lar ; melting, vinous. September. 

 Belgian. 



Richards. Rather large, obovate, 

 yellow ; granular j melting, vinous 

 October. Del. 



