The pears of New York

by U. P. Hedrick

Originated in Salem, Oregon, with Captain Pratt. Shape and color of Sheldon; keeps until Mar.

Precilly. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 835. 1869.

Belgian. Fruit medium to large, obovate-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and patched with russet and sprinkled with brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, breaking, juicy; good for cooking; Oct.

Précoce de Celles. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.

Described by Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876 as a new variety received from Belgium. Fruit medium, like Bergamot in form; very good in quality for its season; early summer.

Précoce de Jodoigne. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:101, fig. 339. 1880.

Obtained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant, Bel., and first published in 1865. Fruit rather small or nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, regular in contour, vivid green covered with a sort of whitish bloom and sprinkled with green dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow and occasionally tinged with red on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery, melting, full of sweet juice, saccharine but not highly flavored; fairly good quality; July.

Précoce de Tivoli. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876.

Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellow, flesh white, gritty, semi-breaking, saccharine; good; Aug.

Précoce de Trévoux. 1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 328. 1906.