498 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Pfingstbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:96. 1856. 
German seedling, 1851. Fruit medium, globular, green turning yellowish-green, 
speckled and dotted with gray; skin thin and scentless; flesh rather white, sweet and musky; 
first for table, household and market; early summer. 
Philiberte. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
French. Fruit rather large, nearly globular, a beautiful lemon-yellow; flesh very fine, 
melting, very juicy, agreeably perfumed; first; Dec. and Jan. 
Philippe-Le-Bon. 1x. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:161, fig. 81. 1872. 
Philipp der Gute. 2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 
According to the catalog of Van Mons of 1823 this was one of his seedlings. Fruit 
hardly medium, ovate, or turbinate-ovate, short and thick, usually even in outline; skin 
thick, firm, glossy, pale green, whitish-brown dots; at maturity the basic green passes to 
pale dull yellow, washed with some clear cerise-red; flesh white, rather coarse, buttery, not 
much juice, but vinous and perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct. 
Philippe Couvreur. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 264. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 72. 1895. 
Of Belgian origin. Fruit medium to large, orange-yellow dotted with russet; flesh 
white, tinted with salmon, fine, juicy, perfumed; good; beginning of Oct. 
Philippe Goes. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:51, fig. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 833. 
1869. 
A posthumous gain from the seed beds of Van Mons: The parent tree gave its first 
fruit in 1846. Fruit above medium, obovate, uneven and undulating in outline; skin rough 
to the touch, of a dark olive, much covered with a bright russet; flesh semi-melting, gritty, 
sweet, rather granular at the center, juice rarely abundant, saccharine, vinous and fairly 
well perfumed; second; Dec. 
Philippot. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:530, fig. 18609. 
Originated with M. Philippot, a nurseryman at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Fr. In 1852 
it fruited for the first time and was propagated in 1860. Fruit large to very large, globular- 
conic, obtuse, swelled and fleshy at the base; skin yellowish, in part dotted and marbled 
with brownish-fawn; flesh very white, coarse, semi-breaking, watery; juice abundant, 
sweet, having little sugar or perfume although rather delicate; third for dessert, first for 
cooking; Jan. to Mar. 
Philopena. 1. W. N. Y.-Hort. Soc. Rpt. 24. 1904. 
A chance variety brought to notice by Reuben Ragan of Indiana, about 1850 and 
named Philopena by him. Fruit small to medium, oblong-pyriform, yellow, with purple 
blush; calyx open, in a small, shallow basin; stem short, cavity small or absent; quality 
medium; three or four weeks after Bartlett. 
Picciola. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 833. 1869. 
Of Belgian origin. Fruit small, globular-oblate, greenish-yellow, sometimes slightly 
blushed in the sun, with traces of russet; flesh whitish, very juicy, melting, with a vinous 
flavor; good to very good; Sept. 
Pie IX. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:86. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:531, fig. 1869. 
PiusIX. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 631. 1884. 
The parent tree of Pie IX sprang from seed sown in 1834 by Van Mons in his nurseries 
