680 THE PEAR. 
Porr’s Scartet Masor. 
Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow, with a bright red cueek, 
- Flesh white, breaking, and rather dry. Last of August. 
Poprr’s Quaxer. 
Fruit very fair, middle sized, oblong-pyriform, smooth, yellow- 
russet, juicy, melting and pleasant. October. Both thesepeara 
are natives of Long Island, N. Y. : 
Princess Marra. . Van Mons. 
Fruit pyramidal, below medium. Skin yellowish, nearly 
covered with russet. Stalk large and curved, fleshy at its junc- 
tion, in a small cavity. Calyx open, basin small. Flesh rather 
coarse, sweet, and agreeable. October. 
Princzss or Oranez, Lind. Thomp. P. Mag. 
. - Prinensse d’Orange. Princesse Conquéte. 
A Flemish variety, raised by the Count Coloma, in 1802, 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin cinnamon russet in the shade, 
bright reddish-russet in the sun. Flesh pale yellowish-white, 
crisp, juicy, astringent. October and November. ~~ 
Princess Coartorre. Am. Pom. 
Raised by Esperen. A vigorous tree, productive. Frait me- 
dium, depressed-pyriform. Color greenish. Stalk stout and 
long in acavity ; basin broad and shallow. - Of great excellence 
in Belgium, but hitherto worthless here. October, November. 
Quren or tHe Low Counrrizs.. Ken. Man. in H.M. - 
‘Reine des Pays Bas. Van Mons. ; 
Fruit large, often very large, broad pyriform, tapering ab- 
raptly to the stalk. Skin in the shade dull yellow, dotted and 
russeted around the eye, and overspread with fine dark red on 
the side next the sun. ; 
Flesh white, buttery, melting, and juicy, with a rich, sub-acid, 
vinous flavour. Variable, sometimes poor. Early in October.. 
Reimvz Carorinz. Thomp. 
A European pear, only fit forcooking. Fruit of medium size, 
narrow-pyriform. Skin yellow with a brownish-red cheek 
he white, crisp, rather dry and indifferent in quality. No. 
vember. 
