Prager Schaferbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst. Sort. 321. 1881.
Germany. Fruit medium (3½ x 2½ in.), ovate and pyriform, smooth, greenish turning to lemon-yellow blushed on the sunny side, very finely dotted; flesh yellowish-white, tender, agreeably aromatic and sweet; first for kitchen and household purposes; Oct. to end of Jan.
Prairie du Pond. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 835. 1869.
Introduced by A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fruit small, nearly globular, greenish-yellow, with many brown and green dots; flesh whitish, moderately juicy, semi-melting, vinous, astringent; poor; Sept.
Pratt. 1. Horticulturist 1:210, fig. 58. 1846. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:542, fig. 1869.
The Pratt pear was first brought into notice by Owen Mason, Providence, R. I., who obtained cions from the original tree at Scituate, R. I., and distributed them in the spring of 1844. It appears to have originated at Johnson, R. I. Fruit above medium, obovate, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with numerous gray dots and russet spots; flesh white, tender, melting, fine-grained, abounding with saccharine, well-flavored juice; second; Sept.
Pratt Junior. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1862.
Another native which originated on the same farm as the preceding variety and named by the Rhode Island Society in order to designate its origin; in appearance similar to Winter Nelis.
Pratt Seedling. 1. Chico Nurs. Cat. 13. 1904.