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Pope's QuaJcer. Unprofitable; indifferent; poor. 



Pound. Color, greenish brown ; form, regular : size, 1 ; 

 use, baking; texture, tough ; quality, 1 ; season, "Winter ; 

 good, and long keeper. Only for cooking. (See App. 95.) 



Eemarks. — Weighs sometimes from twenty-six to 

 twenty-eight ounces. Tree, veiy vigorous, and large, and 

 hardy. •' Productive and hardj', keeps well, but good only 

 to sell." — Fyitit Cummittee Cincinnati Horticultural Society. 



Pound, Moon's. See Moon's Pound. 



Princess of Orange. Not worth notice. 



PEATT. Color, greenish yellow; form, obovate pyri- 

 form ; size, 1; use, table; texture, melting, juicy; quality, 

 1 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — From Ehode Island. Tree, vigorous, and 

 productive on pear. 



Prince's St. Germain. Color, green, and pale yellow, 

 marbled ; form, oblate, obovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, November to 

 February. 



EemaBjKS. — Fine, juicy, Christmas pear. Prom the 

 seed of the old St. Germain, nearly fifty years since, at 

 the Princes' JSTurseries, Flushing, Long Island. Tree, 

 hardy, thrifty, very productive. Fruit, keeps well, and 

 requires no more care to ripen, than apples (a rare thing). 

 Shoots, reddish brown. 



PuLsiFBR. Color, yellow ; form, pyriform, obtuse ; size, 

 3 ; use, table ; texture, white, melting, juicy ; quality, 1 ; 

 season, August. 



Eemarks. — Native to the soil. Tree vigorous. 



