THE PEAR. 637 



POUND. Coxe. 



Uvedales St. Germain. Du Tonneau. 



Winter Bell. Royal d'Angleterre. 



Bretagne le Cour. Cornice de Toulon. 



Belle Angevine. Beaute de Tervenren. 



Belle de Jersey. Pickering Pear. 



Lent St. Germain. 



The Pound, or Winter Bell pear, valued only for cooking, is 

 one of the most common fruits in the Middle States. Indeed, 

 this and the Black Pear of Worcester, so common in New Eng- 

 land, are the only two kitchen pears extensively grown in this 

 country. The pound pear is the larger of the two, often weigh- 

 ing a couple of pounds each. It is also an abundant bearer, 

 and a profitable orchard crop. The trees are strong and healthy, 

 with very stout, upright, dark-coloured wood. 



Fruit large, pyriforrn, swollen at the crown, and narrowing 

 gradually to a point at the insertion of the stalk. Skin yellow- 

 ish-green, with a brown cheek, (yellow and red when long kept,) 

 and sprinkled with numerous brown russet dots. Stalk two 

 inches or more long, stout, bent. Calyx crumpled, set in a nar- 

 row, slight basin. Flesh firm and solid, stews red, and is excel- 

 .ent> baked or preserved. 



PRATT. Hort. 



A native of Rhode Island. Tree a vigorous upright grower, 

 very productive. 



Fruit above medium, obtuse-pyriform. Skin greenish-yellow 

 shaded with crimson, and sprinkled with numerous russet and 

 grey dots, frequently patched and netted with russet. Stalk 

 long, slender, curved, inserted in a regular cavity. Calyx open, 

 set in a broad shallow basin. Flesh white, juicy, melting, briskly 

 vinous, and saccharine, variable, but when in perfection of great 

 excellence. Ripens last of September. 



PREVOST. Bivort. 



Poire Prevost. 



Fruit of medium size. Skin thin, smooth, light green, passing 

 to golden-yellow at maturity, deeply shaded with carmine in the 

 sun. Flesh white, half melting, half buttery, sweet, and 

 strongly perfumed. Ripens in December, but may be kept 

 until April. (Al. Pom.) 



PRINCE ALBERT. Bivort. Van Mons. 

 Tree vigorous, succeeds on pear and quince. Fruit medium, 

 pyriforrn. Skin very thick and smooth. Colour yellowish, 

 sometimes with a slightly sunny cheek. Stalk an inch long. 

 Eye small, open, in a shallow even cavity. Flesh yellowish- 

 white, fine, melting, sugary and rich. February, March. (Gard.Ch.) 



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