834 THE PEAR. 



PITT'S PROLIFIC. 

 Pitt's Surpasse Marie. Surpass Maria Louise, incorrectly. 



An English fruit of medium size, oblong pyriform. Skin yellow, a 

 little russeted. Flesh juicy, soft, sweet, rather coarse, and of indiffer- 

 ent quality. September. 



PLANTAGENET. 



A new Belgian Pear. Young wood reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, greenish yellow, netted, patched, and dot- 

 ted with russet. Stalk long, slender, set in slight cavity, with a lip. 

 Calyx open. Segments partially recurved. Flesh whitish, juicy, melt- 

 ing. Good to very good. November. 



PLATT. 



Platt's Seedling. 



Origin on the farm of the late Thomas Tredwell, Beekmantown. 

 Clinton Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. Young 

 wood grayish reddish brown, with many specks. 



Fruit medium, roundish, irregular oblate, pale yellow, netted and 

 patched with russet and sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk medium. 

 Calyx small, closed. Flesh whitish, juicy, buttery, half melting, plea- 

 sant. Good. October. 



POCAHONTAS. 



Origin, Quincy, Mass. Tree moderately vigorous. Young wood olive 

 brown. 



Fruit below medium, obovate pyriform, yellow, netted, patched, and 

 dotted with russet, sometimes shaded in the sun with bright crimson. 

 Stalk rather long, stout, set without cavity by a lip. Calyx open. 

 Basin small, slightly russeted. Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, 

 slightly musky, pleasant. Good to very good. September. 



POLLAN. 



A Pennsylvania Pear. 



Fruit below medium, nearly globular, greenish yellow, with a shade 

 of brown in the sun. Flesh whitish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, 

 vinous, pleasant. Good. August. 



POPE'S QUAKER. 



Origin, Long Island, N. Y. 



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

 set, juicy, melting, and pleasant. Hardly good. October. 



POPE'S SCARLET MAJOR. 



Origin, Long Island, N. Y. 



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

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



