Plantagenet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:534, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 834. 1869.
The Plantagenet was raised from seed by the old Horticultural Society of Maine-et-Loire, The parent tree gave its first fruit in 1858 in the Society’s garden at Angers. Fruit above medium, irregular-ovate, bossed, swelled at the central circumference, of a uniform bright green, some russet around the calyx and sprinkled with numerous dark brown dots; flesh whitish, fine or semi-fine, extremely melting; juice very abundant, extremely saccharine, acidulous, possessing a delicious perfume which gives an after-taste of musk; first; end of Sept. and early Oct.
Plascart. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:37, fig. 115. 1878.
Sent out by the Society Van Mons, Bel., without any account of its origin. Fruit below medium, turbinate-ovate, even in outline; skin firm, pale water-green, covered with numerous large, brown dots, very prominent, the green changing at maturity to a beautiful golden yellow, washed on the side next the sun with a lively vermilion on which the dots are golden yellow; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, rather firm and breaking; juice rich in sugar and perfumed; good; Oct.
Platt. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 535. 1857. 2. Ibid. 834. 1869.
Originated on the farm of Thomas Tredwell, Beekmantown, Clinton County, N. Y. Fruit medium, globular-oblate, pale yellow, netted and patched with russet and sprinkled with russet dots; flesh whitish, juicy, buttery, semi-melting, agreeable; good; Oct.
Platte Honigbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856.
Nassau, 1801. Fruit medium, obtuse-turbinate, light yellow-green, with a pale blush, numerous gray dots, marked with russet; flesh coarse-grained, aromatic; third for dessert, first for household; Sept.
Pocahontas. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:525. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 834. 1869.
Originated at Quincy, Mass., and was exhibited before the Horticultural Society of that State in October, 1847. Fruit below medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow, netted, patched, and dotted with russet, sometimes shaded in the sun with bright crimson; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly musky; pleasant; good to very good; Sept.