Perpetual. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 832. 1869.
Said to have originated on Long Island, N. Y. Disseminated by Messrs. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. Fruit medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, green and yellow, beautifully blushed in the sun; flesh whitish, firm, moderately juicy, sweet; good; keeps till May.
Perrier. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.
Obtained by M. Morel in 1873. Fruit medium, globular, green; flesh fine, melting, juicy; good; beginning of Aug. Tree vigorous and fertile.
Pertusati. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:516, fig. 1869.
Raised in the nurseries of M. André Leroy, Angers, Fr., in 1867. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, irregular, having one side larger than the other; skin rough, golden-yellow, finely dotted with gray, marbled with clear brown around the calyx and the stem; flesh white, fine, melting; juice abundant, very saccharine, with an acidulous flavor, very pleasant and delicately perfumed; first; Nov.
Petersbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:33. 1856.
Petite Poire de Pierre. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:101, fig. 243. 1879.
Kleine Petersbirne. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 242. 1889.
Altenburg, Ger., 1799. Fruit small, clear green, sprinkled with numerous minute blackish-green dots, turning to dull yellow at maturity and washed over a large area of its surface with dark red, on which the dots are of a darker red; flesh greenish-white, very fine, semi-breaking, sufficiently juicy and agreeably perfumed; a good fruit to preserve or to dry; Aug.