452 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



a somewhat fleshy and wrinkled base : Eye, large, open, and 

 but little depressed in a small, roundish, furrowed basin ; 

 segments of the calyx, short, stiff, entire, projecting : Flesh, 

 yellowish white, coarse, melting, and very juicy : Flavor, 

 rich, brisk, vinous, and delicious, with a fine aroma : Core, 

 medium size : Seeds, small, dark brown. Ripe the last of 

 August. 



158. Petre. Loudon's Gard. Magazine, Vol. VIII, pk 587. 



The Petre pear (Jig. 31) does not seem to have been fully 

 appreciated. In 1837, the late Mr. Manning noticed it in our 

 Magazine, (Vol. VI, p. 86,) and remarked "that in any col- 

 lection it would be prized as a first-rate fruit." Since that 

 time we have not had an opportunity to test the variety oiir- 



Fig. 31. Petre. 



selves until last season, and we hesitate not to say that, judg- 

 ing from the specimens we have received from Philadelphia, 

 Mr. Manning has not overpraised this fine pear. The tree is 



