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Blightly depressed. Stalk, thick and woody, very short. Flesh, melting, 

 juicy, sugary, and highly perfumed. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in September. The tree is hardy, of small 

 habit, forms a nice pyramid, and is a good bearer. 



Plomgastelle. See Beurre d'Anumlis. 



Poire Benite. See Ah ! Mon Dieu. 



Poire des Dames. See Bellissime d'Automne, 



Poire Douce. See Angelique de Bordeaux. 



Poire des Mouches. See Orange Tulipee. 



Poire de Prince. See Chair d, Dames. 



Poire de Provence. See Bonville. 



Poire a la Perle. See Small Blanquet. 



Poire de Eives. See Cuisse Madame. 



POMME POIRE {Bmrre de Eackenhdm; Pomoise). — Fruit, below 

 medium size ; round, and bergamot-shaped, even and regularly formed. 

 Skin, entirely covered with dark cinnamon-coloured russet, except on 

 the shaded side, where there is occasionally a bare patch exposing the 

 pea-green colour of the skin, and which is thickly covered with large 

 russety freckles. Eye, small and open, set in a deep and round basin. 

 Stalk, short, stout, and inserted in a rather deep and narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellow, tender, and melting, very juicy. Juice, rich, sugary, 

 and vinous, with a high perfume. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in the end of October, and does not keep 

 long. 



Pomoise. See Pomme Poire. 



Portugal d'Ete. See Cassolette. 



Pound Pear. See Black Worcester. 



Pound Pear. See Catillac. 



Pradel. See Vicar of Winkfield. 



Precel. See Passe Colmar. 



PEEMICES D'ECULLY.— Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 in diameter ; round or bergamot-shaped, somewhat bossed and uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, yellow, with here and there patches of a greenish 

 tinge, and thickly dotted aU over with brown russet dots, and small 

 blotches of russet. Eye, small and open, with erect segments set in a 

 deep round basin. Stalk, very short, stout, and woody, inserted 

 without depression. Flesh, tender, melting, and very juicy, rather 

 coarse-grained, sweet, with a thin watery, juicy, and pleasant flavour. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the last week of September. 

 Raised at EcuUy, near Lyons, by M. Luizet. 



PEEMIER. — Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a quarter. 



