506 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Pomeranzenbirn von Zabergéu. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen go, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear found in Germany and Upper Austria. Fruit laige, globular-turbinate; 
skin smooth, shining, of a light leaf-green changing when ripe to light greenish-yellow, 
finely dotted, without russet; flesh yellow-white, rather coarse-grained, with small grits 
around the center, very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, having a strong scent; Oct. 
Pomme @’Eté. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:539, fig. 1869. 
The origin of the Pomme d’Eté is uncertain, except that M. Leroy of Angers received 
it from the old garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers about 1849. Fruit medium 
and below, globular, much flattened and similar to the form of Caillot rosat and Naquette, 
yellow-ochre, entirely covered with gray dots; flesh white, fine and breaking, watery, 
rather granular around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, sweet and very musky; 
second; end of Sept. 
Pope Quaker. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 834. 1869. 
Origin, Long Island, N. Y. Fruit very fair, medium-size, oblong-pyriform, smooth, 
yellow-russet; flesh melting, juicy and pleasant; hardly good; Oct. 
Pope Scarlet Major. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:15. 1837. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 834. 1869. 
Origin, Long Island, N.Y. Fruit nearly large, obovate, yellow, blushed on exposed 
side with bright red; flesh white, breaking, rather dry; very indifferent; Oct. 
Portail. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 3. 1807. 2. Christ Handb. 503. 1817. 
Origin unknown beyond the fact that it was discovered in the old province of Poitou, 
Fr., and was held in high esteem there. Fruit ‘‘ longer than it is round,” greenish: flesh 
yellowish, dry, gritty and hard unless in very favorable seasons and upon very good soil, 
but may at times be tender and have an unforgetable musky aroma; it bakes well; Jan. 
to Mar. 
Porter. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass. No. 16. Fruited in 1862 
Diameter 24 inches, melting, sweet and juicy; ripens soundly; good market pear; Oct. 
Portingall. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
“The Portingall peare is a great peare, but more goodly in shew then good indeed.” 
Posey. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1897. 
Found in a fence row on the farm of Jacob Grabel, where it originated about 1880. 
It was reported by A. R. Ryman, Cedar Grove, Ind. Fruit medium, pyriform, moderately 
smooth, lemon-yellow, with small brown spots; flesh whitish, buttery, mild subacid; good 
to very good; Sept. to Dec. 
Prager Schaferbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst. Sort. 321. 1881. 
Germany. Fruit medium (3} x 2} in.), ovate and pyriform, smooth, greenish turning 
to lemon-yellow blushed on the sunny side, very finely dotted; flesh yellowish-white, tender, 
agreeably aromatic and sweet; first for kitchen and household purposes; Oct. to end of 
Jan. 
Prairie du Pond. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 835. 1869. 
Introduced by A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fruit small, nearly globular, greenish- 
yellow, with many brown and green dots; flesh whitish, moderately juicy, semi-melting, 
vinous, astringent; poor; Sept. 
