204 PEARS. 



Oken d'Hiver. See Winter OJcen. 

 L'Orplieline. See Beurre* d'Aremlerg. 

 L'Orplieline d'Enghein. See Beurre d'Aremberff. 

 Oxford Chaumontel. See Chaumontel. 

 Paddington. See Easter Bergamot. 



PARADISE D'AUTOHNE. Fruit below medium size, 

 pyriform. Skin covered with a coat of rough, dark- 

 cinnamon coloured russet, which is strewed with grey 

 dots. Eye very small and open, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk an inch and a quarter long, obliquely inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh fine-grained, buttery and melting, 

 rich, sugary, and with a fine piquant and perfumed flavour. 



A remarkably fine pear. Kipe in October and No- 

 vember. 



Parkinson's Warden. See Black Worcester. 



PASSANS DE PORTUGAL. Fruit medium sized, oblate. 

 Skin pale yellow, with a lively red cheek. Eye ope&, 

 set in a shallow depression. Stalk an inch long, inserted 

 in a small round cavity. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, sugary, 

 and perfumed. Bipe in the end of August and beginning 

 of September. 



PASSE COLMAB (Beurre" d'Argenson; Cellite ; Chap- 

 mans; Chapman s Passe Colmar ; Colmar Dore; Col- 

 mar Epineux ; Colmar d' Hardenpont ; Colmar Preul ; 

 Colmar Souveraine ; Fondante de Parisel ; Fondante de 

 J^fons ; G ambler ; Marotte Sucre; Passe Colmar Dore ; 

 Passe Colmar Epineux ; Passe Colmar Gris ; Precel ; 

 Present de Malines ; Pucelle Condesienne ; Regentin ; 

 Souverain). Fruit medium sized, obovate. Skin smooth, 

 of a fine uniform deep lemon colour, with a tinge of red 

 on the side next the sun, strewed with numerous brown 

 dots and veins of russet. Eye open, set in a wide shallow 

 basin. Stalk from three quarters to an inch long, in- 

 serted in a small sheath-like cavity. Flesh yellowish- 

 white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, 

 sugary, vinous, and aromatic flavour. 



An excellent pear. Ripe during November and De- 

 cember. The tree is an excellent bearer, and forms a 

 handsome pyramid. It requires a rich, warm soil, other- 

 wise the flesh is crisp and gritty. In exposed situations 

 it requires a wall. 



Passe Colmar Dore. See Passe Colmar. 



