THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 503 
grayish dots, passing to golden yellow on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, a little yellow 
near the center, coarse, semi-breaking, fairly full of sweet juice, with a fresh perfume of 
rose; second rate for eating raw but an excellent variety to dry; end of Aug. 
Poire de Klevenow. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:121, fig. 59. 1866-73. 
Originated in the environs of Klevenow, a village of Pomerania, Prussia. Fruit small 
or nearly medium, regular pyriform, sombre green and yellow blushed with carmine; flesh 
white, slightly greenish, fine, buttery; juice very sugary and abundant, vinous, perfumed; 
good; mid-Aug. 
Poire Noire 4 Longue Queue. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:16s, fig. 563. 188r. 
Origin thought to be German. Fruit nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in 
outline; skin thick, firm, dull green covered with a net-work of gray-russet, through which 
a light yellow shows at maturity: on the shaded side are some gray dots and on the sun- 
exposed side are numerous large black-red spots; flesh white, transparent, semi-fine, buttery; 
juice sufficient, saccharine, slightly acid; good for cooking; Aug. 
Poire du Pauvre. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 2. Rev. Hort. 163. 18809. 
This pear was raised from seed of the Urbaniste sown in 1846. Fruit medium or large, 
oval, pyriform, ventriculous; skin fine and shining, white tinted with green, much covered 
with fawn around the two ends; flesh white, rather fine, a little gritty around the center, 
very melting; juice abundant, saccharine, and pleasantly perfumed, with a fresh flavor 
and agreeable astringency; Oct. and Nov. . 
Poire des Peintres. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Described by Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876 as a new variety. Tree 
vigorous and very fertile. Fruit rather large, oval-pyriform, dark yellow, extensively 
washed with lively red; flesh melting, juicy, saccharine and highly perfumed; end of Aug. 
and Sept. 
Poire de Pendant. 1. Prince Pom. Man.1:84. 1831. 
“Tt is from the long stem by which this pear is suspended, which is near two inches in 
length, that it obtains its title.’ The Pendar of La Quintinye, and the Hanging pear of 
Evelyn, although quoted as synonyms of this pear, are probably not the same as they are 
said to ripen in October. It is also very doubtful whether the synonyms of Pendar and 
Knaves’ pear given by Miller and Forsyth apply to this fruit. Fruit, “The entire height 
of the fruit is twenty-eight lines, and its breath two inches, and sometimes a line more; ” 
turbinate; skin is ash-colored, approaching russet, and dotted over with small points of 
russet; flesh greenish-white, melting, sweet, and partially perfumed; end of Sept. 
Poire de Preuilly. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Published in the French Revue Horticole, 1870. Tree vigorous and very fertile. This 
is a very large fruit used for decorative purposes. In form it is similar to the Bartlett; 
skin yellow-green, speckled; flesh breaking. 
Poire de Rateau. 1. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 22532. 1860. 
Tree very vigorous when grafted on pear. Fruit very large, turbinate, greenish- 
white, reddish and sown with russet dots on the side next the sun; flesh breaking, slightly. 
saccharine and perfumed; eatable raw, and good for cooking; mid-Dec. 
