PEABS. 495 



long and two inches and a quarter wide ; oblong, terminating abruptly 

 and blunt at the stock, undulating in its outline and contracted with a 

 waist m the middle. Skin, covered with cinnamon-coloured russet. 

 Eye, open, with short stout erect segments, set even with the surface. 

 Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, set in an open cavity. Flesh, half- 

 melting, very juicy, sweet, and brisk, with a flavour resembUng a pine 

 apple. 



A good pear ; ripe in November. 



Raised at the Royal Garden, Frogmore, and first exhibited in 1871. 



Present de Malines. See Passe Colmar. 



Present Royal de Naples. See Beau Present cVArtois. 



Preul. See Passe Colmar. 



PREVOST. — Fruit, rather large, roundish-oval. Skin, clear golden 

 yellow, with a bright red blush on the exposed side, and marked with 

 flakes of russet. Eye, open, not deeply sunk. Stalk, about an inch 

 long. ^ Flesh, flne-grained, half-melting, and half-buttery, pretty juicy, 

 and highly aromatic. 



A good late pear ; ripe from January to April, but unless grown in a 

 warm soil and situation it rarely attains the character of a melting 

 fruit. 



PRINCE ALBERT. — ^Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform. Skin, smooth, 

 of a deep lemon-yellow colour, and frequently with a blush of red next 

 the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, not depressed. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, juicy, sugary, 

 and richly flavoured. 



An excellent pear ; in use from February till March. The tree is a 

 hardy and vigorous grower, and forms a handsome pyramid. 



Prince Camille de Rohan. See Camille de 'Rohan. 



Prince de Ligne. See Figue. 



Prince's Pear. See Chair d Dames. 



Princesse. See Muscat Bohert. 



Princesse de Panne. See Marie Louise. 



PRINCESSE CHARLOTTE.— Fruit, medium sized ; obovato-turbi- 

 nate, rather undulating in its outUne. Skin, yellow, thickly dotted 

 and freckled with cinnamon russet in the shade, and with a warm orange 

 glow on the side next the sun. Eye, very large, open, and clove-like. 

 Stalk, an inch long, straight and woody, inserted in a round narrow 

 cavity. Flesh, crisp, like that of Passe Colmar, juicy, rich, and sugary, 

 and with a fine aroma. 



A first-rate pear, evidently of the Passe Colmar race, but quite dis- 

 tinct from that variety ; ripe in the end of November, and in use till 

 the end of December. 



Princesse Conquete. See Princess of Orange, 



