832 THE PEAR. 



yellow, thickly sprinkled with small grayish and russet clots, and some- 

 times a few patches and dots of russet around the calyx. Stalk rather 

 stout, enlarged at insertion. Cavity slight, uneven. Calyx open. Seg- 

 ments short, erect. Basin slightly furrowed. Flesh white, a little 

 coarse, jucy, melting, sweet, pleasant, slightly aromatic. Good to very 

 good. October. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Smith's Pennsylvania. 



The Pennsylvania is a seedling originated by J. B. Smith, Esq., of 

 Philadelphia, a well-known amateur. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish obovate, brown russet, nearly cover- 

 ing a dull yellow ground, and becoming russet red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh yellowish white, not very fine-grained, juicy, half melting, 

 sweet, perfumed, musky flavor. Hardly good. Middle and last of 

 September. 



PERPETUAL. 



Origin, Long Island, N". Y. Tree vigorous. 



Fruit medium, obovate obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, slight tinge 

 of red in the sun. Flesh whitish, firm, moderately juicy. A good cook- 

 ing Pear. Keeping to May. 



PETERS. 



Raised in 1848, by Rev. Absalom Peters, of Williamstown, Mass. 

 Tree vigorous grower, and an annual abundant bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, 

 shaded with brownish red in the sun. Flesh white, coarse, moderately 

 juicy, half melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. August. 



PETRE. 



An American Pear. The original tree is growing in that interesting 

 place, the old Bartram Botanic Garden, near Philadelphia. The tree is 

 not a rapid grower, but produces very regular and abundant crops. 

 Young wood slender, yellowish brown. 



Fruit of medium size, or rather large obovate, pale yellow, some- 

 times marked with greenish russet, and sprinkled with russet about the 

 eye. Stalk stiff and strong, about an inch long, stout at the lower end, 

 and set in a peculiar, abruptly flattened cavity. Calyx small, set in a 

 narrow but smooth basin. Flesh whitish, fine-grained, buttery, and 

 very melting, with a perfumed, slightly musky, high flavor. Good to 

 very good. October. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 Latch. Orange Bergamot, erroneously. 



Origin, near Philadelphia. Tree healthy, vigorous. Young shoots 

 light yellowish brown, productive. Fruit sometimes cracks. 



Fruit large, roundish obtuse pyriform, yellow, thickly sprinkled with 

 green or gray dots, sometimes netted with russet. Stalk of medium 



