Raised by Van Mons, and first fruited at Louvain, Bel., in 1823. Fruit above medium, long-ovate, variable in form, sometimes being short-ovate and ventriculous, orange-yellow, dotted with brown, stained with greenish-russet around the calyx and stem, and mottled with the same on the cheek next the sun; flesh whitish, rather coarse, melting, gritty, full of saccharine juice, sometimes astringent, without pronounced perfume; second; Oct.
Polish Lemon. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1887.
Known as Cytrymova in Poland. It was received in 1882 by the Iowa State Agricultural College, and was subsequently propagated and distributed by the College.
Polk. 1. Mag. Hort. 11:252. 1845.
A seedling raised by H. W. Edwards, New Haven, Conn., at one time Governor of that state. It came into bearing in 1844. Fruit larger than the Seckel, like Bergamot in form; flesh juicy, melting, subacid, sweet and rich; first; Sept to Nov.
Pollan. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 834. 1869.
A Pennsylvania pear. Fruit below medium, nearly globular, greenish-yellow, with a shade of brown in the sun; flesh whitish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, vinous, pleasant; good; Aug.
Pollvaskaja. 1. Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1880.
A Russian variety growing on the Iowa State College Farm in 1880, and having thorny wood; it unites very imperfectly with the apple. It shows “marked traces of the Chinese forms of the pear in shape, serration, thickness and size of leaf, and in the peculiar enlarged character of the scaly terminal buds.”
Polnische grüne Krautbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:155. 1856.