Pushkin. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
Pyrus ovoidea x R. & K. 533, a Russian pear. Originated by N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D., and introduced by him in 1919.
Queen Jargonelle. 1. Gard. Chron. 3d Ser. 2:369. 1887.
Of unknown origin but it appears to have been disseminated by the Rev. W. Kingsley, Thirsk, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit soft, juicy and agreeable; Aug.
Queen Victoria. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 635. 1884.
Raised by Mr. W. Willison, a florist at Whitby, Yorkshire, Eng. Fruit medium, obovate, even in its contour, greenish-yellow at maturity, with a crust of cinnamon-russet on the side next the sun; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and with an almond flavor; end of Aug.
Quiletette. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:388. 1843. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 840. 1869.
This is a Van Mons seedling, and was exhibited at the fifteenth annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in September, 1843, by R. Manning of Salem. Fruit nearly medium, globular, a little flattened, greenish, nearly covered with dull iron-colored russet; flesh white, buttery, melting, rich, sweet and perfumed; an odd-looking fruit, scarcely good; Nov. Quince. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and fruited in 1862. Fruit diameter 3 inches; skin lumpy and nodular; flesh fine-grained, juicy and sweet; great bearer; Sept.
Quinn. 1. Horticulturist. 22:42, 117, fig. 25. 1867.