THE PEAR. 
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Paqency. 
Payuency. Paul Ambre ? 
Introduced from France, by Col. M. P. Wilder. Fruit of 
medium size, regularly pyriform. Skin green at first, becoming 
dull yellow at maturity, marked with patches of russet at both 
extremities, and dotted with the same. Stalk long, inserted 
without depression. Calyx stiff, open, set in a very shallow ba- 
sin. Flesh white, buttery, with sweet, rich, and perfumed fla- 
vour. October to November. 
Peach Pear. 
Poire Peche. 
A seedling of Esperen, of moderate growth and productive. 
Fruit medium, turbinate, approaching pyriform, often truncate- 
conic. Skin fine yellow, with bright russet dots. Stalk rather 
long, sometimes inserted in a cavity, and sometimes by a fleshy 
ring. Calyx open, persistent, set in a shallow basin. Flesh 
juicy, melting, sugary, and vinous, sometimes a little as- 
tringent. Ripens last of August. 
Pendleton’s Early York. Hov. Mag. 
Raised by Mrs. Jeremiah York, of Connecticut. Tree mode- 
rately vigorous, and very productive. 
Fruit medium or below, obovate, varying to obtuse-pyriform. 
Skin yellow, sometimes with a faint blush. Stalk inserted in a 
moderate cavity. Calyx open, basin irregular. Flesh melting, 
sweet, slightly perfumed. Ripens last of July. 
Pengethly. 
One of Mr. Knight’s seedlings. Fruit medium, inclining to 
oval. Stem long, rather slender, enlarged at the base, curved 
and twisted, set in a rather uneven depression. Calyx 
large, segments quite long and narrow. Skin light green, thickly 
sprinkled with dark dots, yellowish on the side of the sun, 
where the dots become reddish, and sometimes form a red cheek. 
Flesh somewhat coarse, but juicy, sweet, and good. One of the 
best of Knight’s pears. February, March. (Robert Manning’s 
MS.) 
Petre. 
An American pear. The original tree is growing in that 
interesting place, the old Bartram Botanic Garden, near Phila- 
delphia. Col. Carr, the proprietor, who has disseminated this 
tree, informs us that in 1735, a seed was received by the elder 
