Professeur Willermoz. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
Obtained by M. Joanon at Saint-Cyr near Lyons, Fr. Fruit large or rather large, pyriform ventriculous; flesh very fine, juicy, melting, saccharine and perfumed; Aug. and Sept.
Prud’homme. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
Published in the Journal of the National Society of Horticulture of France in 1875. Tree vigorous and very fertile. Flesh saccharine, very sprightly; Sept. to Dec.
Pudsey. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 97. 1875.
A native of Nova Scotia which compares “favorably in flavor, richness, and other qualities with some of the most popular sorts at present cultivated.”
Puebla. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:568, fig. 1869.
A seedling of M. André Leroy, Angers, Fr., reported in 1863. Fruit large, ovate, rather ventriculous and much bossed, with one side nearly always less swelled than the other; skin thick and rough, yellow, covered with large patches of russet and grayish dots; flesh very white and very fine, melting, with some grit at the center, full of sugary juice, with an acid taste and agreeable perfume; first; Oct.
Pulsifer. 1. Horticulturist 8:460, fig. 1853.
Dr. John Pulsifer of Hennepin, Ill., in the spring of 1843 planted in his garden a pear seed which produced a tree bearing fruit of great merit. An early and prolific bearer, hardy, vigorous. Fruit hardly medium, pyriform, dull golden-yellow, covered with an open network of slight russet; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, and delicious, much like Louise Bonne de Jersey, but superior to it; Aug.