THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 515 
pyriform ventriculous; flesh very fine, juicy, melting, saccharine and perfumed; Aug. and 
Sept. 
Prudhomme. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 
Published in the Journal of the National Society of Horticulture of France in 1875. 
Tree vigorous and very fertile. Flesh saccharine, very sprightly; Sept. to Dec. 
Pudsey. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 97. 1875. 
A native of Nova Scotia which compares ‘‘ favorably in flavor, richness, and other 
qualities with some of the most popular sorts at present cultivated.” 
Puebla. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:568, fig. 1869. 
A seedling of M. André Leroy, Angers, Fr., reported in 1863. Fruit large, ovate, rather 
ventriculous and much bossed, with one side nearly always less swelled than the other; 
skin thick and rough, yellow, covered with large patches of russet and grayish dots; flesh 
very white and very fine, melting, with some grit at the center, full of sugary juice, with 
an acid taste and agreeable perfume; first; Oct. 
Pulsifer. 1. Horticulturist 8: 460, fig. 1853. 
Dr. John Pulsifer of Hennepin, Ill., in the spring of 1843 planted in his garden a pear 
seed which produced a tree bearing fruit of great merit. An early and prolific bearer, 
hardy, vigorous. Fruit hardly medium, pyriform, dull golden-yellow, covered with an 
open network of slight russet; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, and delicious, much like 
Louise Bonne de Jersey, but superior to it; Aug. 
Pushkin. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920. 
Pyrus ovoidea x R. & K. 533, a Russian pear. Originated by N. E. Hansen, Brookings, 
S. D., and introduced by him in 1919. 
Queen Jargonelle. 1. Gard. Chron. 3d Ser. 22369. 1887. 
Of unknown origin but it appears to have been disseminated by the Rev. W. Kingsley, 
Thirsk, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit soft, juicy and agreeable; Aug. 
Queen Victoria. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 635. 1884. 
Raised by Mr. W. Willison, a florist at Whitby, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit medium, obo- 
vate, even in its contour, greenish-yellow at maturity, with a crust of cinnamon-russet on 
the side next the sun; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and with an almond flavor; end of Aug. 
Quiletette. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:388. 1843. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 840. 1869. 
This is a Van Mons seedling, and was exhibited at the fifteenth annual exhibition 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in September, 1843, by R. Manning of Salem. 
Fruit nearly medium, globular, a little flattened, greenish, nearly covered with dull iron- 
colored russet; flesh white, buttery, melting, rich, sweet and perfumed; an odd-looking fruit, 
scarcely good; Nov. 
Quince. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and fruited in 1862. Fruit 
diameter 3 inches; skin lumpy and nodular; flesh fine-grained, juicy and sweet; great bearer; 
Sept. 
Quinn. 1. Horticulturist 22:42, 117, fig. 25. 1867. 
P. T. Quinn, Newark, N. J., submitted specimens of this pear to the Committee of 
the Farmers’ Club of the American Institute which issued a report upon it on January 
