494 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Peach. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 533. 1857. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 629. 1884. 
Péche. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom, 2:513, fig. 1869. 
A variety obtained by Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., from a bed of mixed seeds he 
made in 1836, and first reported in 1845. Fruit small to medium, globular-obovate; skin 
smooth, pale greenish-yellow when ripe, occasionally tinted with a faint blush of red on the 
side toward the sun, dotted and mottled with brown; flesh white, citrine, fine, very melting, 
very juicy, sweet, richly flavored and delicately perfumed; first in France, but variable 
according to climate; Aug. 
Pei-li. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 376. 1881. 
Pei-li or Snow pears: A race of pears grown in northwestern China; globular, white, 
juicy and generally regarded as the best fruits in the country. 
Pemberton. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 831. 186g. 
A seedling of S. A. Shurtleff, Boston, Mass. Fruit medium, inclining to oval, light 
green, thickly sprinkled with dark dots, yellowish on the side of the sun, with sometimes a 
red cheek; flesh somewhat coarse, but juicy, sweet; good; Feb. and Mar. 
Penderson. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 831. 1869. 
Raised by Samuel Penderson, New Haven, Conn. Fruit medium, globular, greenish- 
yellow; flesh white, breaking, semi-melting, brisk, rather astringent; good; Oct. 
Pendleton Early York. 1. Mag. Hort. 14:381, fig. 41. 1848. 
York-précoce de Pendleton. 2. Guide Prat. 114, 313. 1876. 
Originated by Mrs. Jeremiah York, Connecticut, about 1826 from seed of Rousselet 
Hatif. Fruit medium or below, obovate, varying to obtuse-pyriform, pale greenish- 
yellow, with russet specks, sometimes with a faint blush; flesh white, tender, sweet, melting, 
slightly perfumed; good; last of July. 
Pengethley. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 197. 1832. 
Raised by T. A. Knight, President of the London Horticultural Society, who, in 
February, 1832, sent cions of the variety to Mr. Lowell and the Massachusetts Agricultural 
Society. Fruit medium, inclining to oval, obovate, pale green, covered with dark dots, 
changing to yellow as it ripens, sometimes having a red cheek; flesh somewhat coarse, but 
juicy, sweet, and good; Feb. and Mar. 
Penn. 1. Horticulturist 18:58, fig. 1863. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 831. 1869. 
The original tree was planted at the beginning of the last century close to the old Penn 
Manor in Pennsylvania and on the margin of land which became the track of the Camden 
and Amboy Railroad. Inasmuch as its position was so close to the railway the company 
threatened to cut it down. Hence it acquired the name of Ratlroad Fuss by which it was 
known for many years. Fruit medium, oblate, sometimes globular-oblate, angular, pale 
lemon-yellow, thickly sprinkled with small grayish and russet dots, sometimes with a 
few patches and dots of russet around the calyx; flesh white, a little coarse, very juicy, 
melting, with a sweet, pleasant, refreshing flavor, slightly aromatic, with a little musky 
perfume; good to very good; Oct. 
Pennsylvania. 1. Mag. Hort. 10:213. 1844. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 832. 1869. 
A seedling found on the ground of J. B. Smith of Pennsylvania. In 1845 the original 
tree was stated to be nearly forty feet high, of a pyramidal form and remarkably robust 
