828 THE PEAR. 



Fruit small, roundish, greenish yellow, chiefly covered with russet. 

 Stalk medium. Cavity large, deep. Calyx open. Basin furrowed. 

 Flesh coarse, granular, buttery, juicy, melting, vinous, slightly aromatic. 

 Good to very good. October. 



PARFUM D'AOUT. 

 Perfumed. August Perfume. 



An old sort, of little value. 



Fruit small, pyriform, light yellow, deep red in the sun, with many 

 dark yellow dots. Flesh white, rather coarse, musky, juicy. Hardly 

 good. August. 



PARFUM DE ROSE. 



A Belgian variety, of little value. 



Fruit small, oblong ovate acute-pyriform, yellow, nearly covered 

 with light russet, and with numerous brown and gray dots. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, moderately juicy, half melting, sweet, pleasant. October. 



PARSONAGE. 



Origin, New Rochelle, N. Y. Tree a fine healthy grower, produces 

 large crops of perfect fruit annually, making it, although not of first 

 quality, a profitable market sort. Young wood dull olive brown. 



Fruit medium or large, obovate obtuse pyriform, often inclined, 

 orange yellow, rough, generally shaded with dull crimson, netted and 

 patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk 

 short and thick, fleshy at its junction, inserted in a small cavity, russet- 

 ed. Calyx partially open, stiff, set in a shallow, slightly russeted ba- 

 sin. Flesh white, slightly coarse, somewhat granular, juicy, melting, 

 with a refreshing vinous flavor. Good. Ripe all of September. 



PASSANS DU PORTUGAL. 



Summer Portugal. Poire Chenille. 



Miller's Early. Chenille. 



Butter of Michigan. 



A delicate and pleasant Pear, which comes early into bearing, and 

 produces very large crops. Shoots grayish reddish brown. 



Fruit small, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with a cheek of fairest 

 brown, becoming red in the sun. Stalk nearly an inch long, inserted in 

 a round, regular hollow. Calyx stiff. Basin moderately sunk. Flesh 

 white, juicy, breaking, of very delicate, agreeable flavor. Good. Last 

 of August. 



