492 THE FSUIT MANUAL. 



PEACH (Peche). — Fruit, medium sized or large ; irregularly oval or 

 roundish. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, with a blush of red on the 

 side next the sun, and covered with patches and dots of russet. Eye, 

 open, set in a shallow bossed basin. Stalk, an inch or more long, not 

 depressed. Flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, and very melting, very 

 juicy, sugary, vinous, and with a delicious perfume. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in the middle and end of August. 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1845. 



Peche. See Peach. 



PENGETHLEY. — Fruit, medium sized ; obovate, inclining to oval. 

 Skin, pale green, covered with dark dots, and becoming yellow as it 

 ripens. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, long 

 and slender, curved, and set in an uneven cavity. Flesh, coarse- 

 grained, crisp, very juicy and sweet. 



Ripe in March. 



PEPIN SUCRE. — Fruit, small, two inches wide and an inch and 

 three-quarters high ; round, bergamot-shaped, a little uneven and 

 bossed in its outline. Skin, quite smooth, at first of a bright grass- 

 green and then changing as it ripens to a clear pale straw colour, with 

 an occasional tinge of brown on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, 

 open, with short erect segments set in a wide basin, which is rather 

 deep. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet, and with a 

 sort of musky aroma. 



An early pear of no great merit ; ripe in the last week of August. 



I received this from M. Papeleu in 1847. 



Perdreau. See Early Rousselet. 

 Perdreau Musqu^. See Early Eoussdet. 

 Petit Beurre d'Hiver. See Besi de Gaissoy. 

 Petit Blanquet. See Small Blanquet. 

 Petit Certeau. See Bellissime d'Automne. 

 Petit Fertile. See Ah ! Mon Dieu. 



PETIT MUSCAT {Little Muscat; Sept-en-gueule). — Fruit, small, 

 produced in clusters ; turbinate. Skin, at first yellowish green, changing 

 as it ripens to bright yellow, and covered with dull dark red next the 

 sun, dotted all over with numerous brown dots. Eye, open, with long 

 acuminate and reflexed segments, not depressed. Stali, an inch or 

 more long, inserted without a cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, half 

 melting, sweet and musky. 



One of the earliest, of dessert pears; ripe the end of July. Tree, 

 strong, vigorous, an abundant bearer, and succeeds well either on the 

 pear or quince. 



Petit Oin. See Merveille d'Hiver. 



