580 THE PEAR. 



POPE'S SCARLET MAJOR. 



Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow, with a bright red cheek. 

 Flesh white, breaking, and rather dry. Last of August. 



POPE'S QUAKER. 



Fruit very fair, middle sized, oblong-pyriform, smooth, yellow- 

 russet, juicy, melting and pleasant. October. Both these pears 

 are natives of Long Island, N. Y. 



PRINCESS MARIA. Van Mons. 



Fruit pyramidal, below medium. Skin yellowish, nearly 

 covered with russet. Stalk large and curved, fleshy at its junc- 

 tion, in a small cavity. Calyx open, basin small. Flesh rather 

 coarse, sweet, and agreeable. October. 



PRINCESS OF ORANGE. Lind. Thomp. P. Mag. 

 Prin(vsse d'Orange. Princesse Conquete. 



A Flemish variety, raised by the Count Coloma, in 1802. 

 Fruit medium, roundish. Skin cinnamon russet in the shade, 

 bright reddish-russet in the sun. Flesh pale yellowish-white, 

 crisp, juicy, astringent. October and November. 



PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. Am. Pom. 



Raised by Esperen. A vigorous tree, productive. Fruit me- 

 dium, depressed-pyriform. Color greenish. Stalk stout and 

 long in a cavity ; basin broad and shallow. Of great excellence 

 in Belgium, but hitherto worthless here. October, Noveinber. 



QUEEN OF THE Low COUNTRIES. Ken. Man. in IT. M. 

 Reine des Pays Bas. Van Mons. 



Fruit large, often very large, broad pyriform, tapering ab- 

 ruptly to the stalk. Skin in the shade dull yellow, dotted and 

 russeted around the eye, and overspread with fine dark red on 

 the side next the sun. 



Flesh white, buttery, melting, and juicy, with a rich, sub-acid 

 vinous flavour. Variable, sometimes poor. Early in October. 



REINE CAROLINE. Thomp. 



A European pear, only fit for cooking. Fruit of medium size, 

 narrow-pyriform. Skin yellow with a brownish-red cheek. 



Flesh white, crisp, rather dry and indifferent in quality. No 

 vcmber. 



