496 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



PKINCESS OF ORANGE (Princesse ConquSte; Princesse d' Orange). 

 — Fruit, medium sized ; roundisli turbinate. Skin, lemon-yellow, but 

 so entirely covered with reddish brown russet as to leave none of the 

 ground colour visible, and with more of an orange tinge next the sun. 

 Eye, small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch 

 long, inserted in a small round cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, and 

 juicy, with a fine sugary and slightly sub-acid flavour. 



A dessert pear of good quality ; ripe in October. The tree is a 

 strong grower, hardy, and a good bearer as a standard, and succeeds 

 well on the quince. 



PROFESSOR BARRAL.— Fruit, very large ; bergamot-shaped, 

 uneven and bossed on its surface. Skin, deep yellow, thickly strewed 

 with dots of rough russet, and with a tinge of red next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, placed even with the surface. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, stout, and inserted in an open cavity. Flesh, melting, juicy, 

 richly flavoured. 



A handsome dessert pear, of good quality ; in use during October 

 and November. 



PROFESSOR DU BRIEUL.— Fruit, medium sized, three inches 

 and a quarter long and two and a half wide ; obovate, uneven and 

 undulating in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, thickly dotted with 

 russet, and with a tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small and open, 

 level with the surface. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh, half-melting, very juicy, with a rich sprightly 

 flavour and a musky perfume. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in the beginning of September. 



Raised at Rouen, and named in honour of M. Alph. du Brieul, Professor of 

 Arboriculture in Paris. 



Prunai. See Cfissolette. 



Pucelle Condesienne. See Passe Colmar. 



Pucelle de Xaintogne. See Chat BrMe. 



Pucelle de Xaintogne. See Muscat Robert. 



Pyrole. See Jaminette. 



Queen's, See Muscat Uohert. 



DE QUENTIN.— Fruit, small; roundish-oval.somewhatof the shape 

 of a swan's egg. Skin, smooth and rather shining, greenish yellow in 

 the shade, and with a brownish red tinge on the side next the sun ; 

 strewed all over with large green russet dots, and with a patch of brown 

 russet round the eye and the stalk. Flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, 

 tender, and melting, with a rich and rather honied flavom-, 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in October, 



De Quessoy, See Besi de Cnissoy, 



RAMEAU (Surpasse Reine). — Fruit, large ; oblong-oval, and uneven 



