DESCRIPTIVE LIST AND INDEX OF FRUITS. 



Poire Guillaume. See Bartlett. 



Poire Neige. See White Doy- 

 enne". 



Pope's Quaker. Medium, oblong 

 pyriform with yellow russet; 

 juicy, pleasant. October. L. I. 



Pound, p. 540. 



Pratt, p. 523. 



Preble, p. 532. 



Pre"coce. Large, pyriform, green- 

 ish becoming yellow, melting, 

 not rich. Early autumn. Pro- 

 ductive. French. 



President Mas. Large, pyriform, 

 orange yellow with russet; 

 juicy, melting and sweet. 

 Early winter. French. 



Prevost. Medium, rich yellow 

 with a red cheek ; sweet, per- 

 fumed. Winter. Belgian. 



Primitive. See Little Musk. 



Prince Albert. Medium, pyri- 

 form, yellowish; melting, rich. 

 February. Belgian. 



Prince's St. Germain, p. 544. 



Princess Charlotte. Medium, 

 short pyriform, greenish; of 

 little value here. October. Bel- 

 gian. 



Princess Maria. Rather small, 

 pyramidal, yellow, mostly rus- 

 seted; coarse; sweet, agreea- 

 ble. October. Belgian. 



Princess of Orange. Medium, 

 roundish, russeted ; crisp, 

 juicy, astringent. October. 

 Flemish. 



Pulsifer, p. 512. 



Queen of the Low Countries, p. 



523. 

 Quenast. Obovate, yellowish ; 



juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. 



Quessoy (or Caissoy) d'Ete". 

 Medium, round oval, russeted, 

 rough ; juicy, half-melting, 

 rich, perfumed. September. 



Quinnipiac. See St. Ghislain. 



Rallay. Medium, short pyri- 

 form, yellow, thinly russeted ; 

 buttery, melting; good. Win- 

 ter. 



Ranee. Medium, obtuse pyri- 

 form, dark green ; melting, 

 sweet, rich. Winter. Fine in 

 Europe mostly fails here ex- 

 cept at the South. 



Ranz. See Ranee. 



Rapelje. Medium, varying from 

 obovate or turbinate to pyri- 

 form, yellowish, russeted ; 

 juicy, varying from a rich aro- 

 matic to a poor flavor. Sep- 

 tember. L. I. 



Raymond, p. 532. 



Read's Seedling. See Oswego 

 Beurre*. 



Reading, p. 540. 



Red Doyenne". See Gray Doy- 

 enne". 



Reeder. See Dr. Puder. 



Reine Caroline. Medium, nar- 

 row, pyriform, yellow with a 

 red cheek; crisp, dry, poor. 

 November. 



Reliance, p. 515. 



Retour de Rome. Medium, ob- 

 late, yellowish, partly rus- 

 seted; granular; melting, vi- 

 nous. September. Belgian. 



Richards. Rather large, obo- 

 vate, yellow; granular; melt- 

 ing, vinous. October. Dela- 

 ware. 



Richardson's Seedling. Rather 

 large, obovate, yellow; melt- 



