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Passe Colmar Epineux. See Passe Colmar. 

 Passe Colmar Gris. See Passe Colmar. 



PASSE MADELEINE. This is a small oblong pear with 

 an uneven surface. Skin green, covered with dots. The 

 flesh is dry and very astringent, crisp and without much 

 flavour. 



An early pear. Eipe in August, and grown to some 

 extent in the market-gardens round London j buv it is a 

 very worthless variety. 



Paternoster. See Vicar of Winfcfield. 



Du Patre. See Easter Beurre". 



PEACH (Peche}. Fruit medium sized or large; irregu- 

 larly oval or roundish. Skin smooth, greenish-yellow, 

 with a blush of red on the side next the sun, and covered 

 with patches and dots of russet. Eye open, set in a 

 shallow bossed basin. Stalk an inch or more long, not 

 depressed. Flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, and very 

 melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, and with a delicious 

 perfume. 



An excellent early pear. Eipe in the middle and end 

 of August. 



Peche. See Peach. 



PENGTHLEY. Fruit medium sized, obovate, inclining 

 to oval. Skin pale green, covered with dark dots, and 

 becoming yellow as it ripens. Eye large and open, set in 

 a shallow depression. Stalk long and slender, curved, 

 and set in an uneven cavity. Flesh coarse-grained, crisp, 

 very juicy and sweet. Eipe in March. 



Perdreau. See Early Rousselet. 



Perdreau Musque. See Early Rousselet. 



Petit Beurre d'Hiver. See Bezi de Caissoy. 



PETIT MUSCAT (Little Muscat; Sept-en-gueule}. Fruit 

 very small, produced in clusters, turbinate. Skin bright 

 yellow when ripe, and covered with brownish-red next 

 the sun, and strewed with russet dots. Eye open, not 

 depressed. Stalk about an inch long, not depressed. 

 Flesh melting, sweet, juicy, and with a musky flavour. 



A very early pear. Eipe in the end of July. 



Petit St. Jean. See Amire Joannet. 



De Pezenas. See DucJiesse d'Angouleme. 



Philippe Delfosse. See Beurre DeJfosse. 



