THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 507 
Pratt. 1. Horticulturist 1:210, fig. 58. 1846. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:542, fig. 1869. 
The Pratt pear was first brought into notice by Owen Mason, Providence, R. I., who 
obtained cions from the original tree at Scituate, R. I., and distributed them in the spring 
of 1844. It appears to have originated at Johnson, R. I. Fruit above medium, obovate, 
greenish-yellow, sprinkled with numerous gray dots and russet spots; flesh white, tender, 
melting, fine-grained, abounding with saccharine, well-flavored juice; second; Sept. 
Pratt Junior. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1862. 
Another native which originated on the same farm as the preceding variety and named 
by the Rhode Island Society in order to designate its origin; in appearance similar to Winter 
Nelis. 
Pratt Seedling. 1. Chico Nurs. Cat. 13. 1904. 
Originated in Salem, Oregon, with Captain Pratt. Shape and color of Sheldon; keeps 
until Mar. 
Precilly. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 835. 1869. 
Belgian. Fruit medium to large, obovate-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted 
and patched with russet and sprinkled with brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, 
breaking, juicy; good for cooking; Oct. 
Précoce de Celles. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Described by Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876 as a new variety received 
from Belgium. Fruit medium, like Bergamot in form; very good in quality for its season; 
early summer. 
Précoce de Jodoigne. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. §5:101, fig. 339. 1880. 
Obtained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant, Bel., and first published in 1865. Fruit 
rather small or nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, regular in contour, vivid green covered with 
a sort of whitish bloom and sprinkled with green dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow 
and occasionally tinged with red on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery, melting, 
full of sweet juice, saccharine but not highly flavored; fairly good quality; July. 
Précoce de Tivoli. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 
Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellow, flesh white, gritty, semi-breaking, saccharine; 
good; Aug. 
Précoce de Trévoux. 1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 328. 1906. 
Obtained by M. Treyve, Trévoux, Ain, Fr., and first published in 1862. Fruit full 
medium size, pyriform-truncate, fine and tender skin of a vivid yellow, very finely dotted 
with green and washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, 
melting, juicy, sugary and richly flavored, agreeable perfume; good to very good; beginning 
of Aug. 
Précoce Trottier. 1. Rev. Hort. 352. 1912. 
A French pear described by M. de la Bastie in the Journal of the Pomological Society 
of France in 1890. Fruit medium or a little above medium, turbinate-ventriculous; at 
first the skin is a very bright green changing to pale yellow with some green mark- 
ings, and blushed with somber red on the side next the sun, dotted with brown; flesh 
white, semi-fine, nearly melting, juicy, saccharine, agreeably perfumed; good to very good; 
mid-July. 
