THE PEAR, 533 



Paqency. 



PajTiency. Paul Ambre f 



Introduced from France, by Col. M. P. Wilder. Fruit of 

 medium size, regularly pyriform. Skin green at first, becoming 

 dull yellow at maturity, marked with patches of russet at both 

 extremities, and dotted with the same. Stalk long, inserted 

 without depression. Calyx stiff, open, set in a very shallow ba- 

 sin. Flesh white, buttery, with sweet, rich, and perfumed fla- 

 vour. October to November. 



Peach Pear. 



Poire Peche. 



A seedling of Esperen, of moderate growth and productive. 

 Fruit medium, turbinate, approaching pyriform, often truncate- 

 conic. Skin fine yellow, with bright russet dots. Stalk rather 

 long, sometimes inserted in a cavity, and sometimes by a fleshy 

 ring. Calyx open, persistent, set in a shallow basin. Flesh 

 juicy, melting, sugary, and vinous, sometimes a little as- 

 tringent. Ripens last of August. 



Pendleton's Early York. Hov. Mag. 



Raised by Mrs. Jeremiah York, of Connecticut. Tree mode- 

 rately vigorous, and very productive. 



Fruit medium or below, obovate, varying to obtuse-pyriform. 

 Skin yellow, sometimes with a faint blush. Stalk inserted in a 

 moderate cavity. Calyx open, basin irregular. Flesh melting, 

 sweet, slightly pei-fumed. Ripens last of July. 



Pengethly. 



One of Mr. Knight's seedlings. Fruit medium, inclining to 

 oval. Stem long, rather slender, enlarged at the base, curved 

 and twisted, set in a rather uneven depression. Calyx 

 large, segments quite long and narrow. Skin light green, thickly 

 sprinkled with dark dots, yellowish on the side of the sun, 

 where the dots become reddish, and sometimes form a red cheek. 

 Flesh somewhat coarse, but juicy, sweet, and good. One of the 

 best of Knight's pears. February, March. (Robert Manning's 

 MS.) 



Petre. 



An American pear. The original tree is growing in that 

 interesting place, the old Bartram Botanic Garden, near Phila- 

 delphia. Col. Carr, the proprietor, who has disseminated this 

 tree, informs us that in 1735, a seed was received by the elder 



