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turbinate-obtuse, enlarged at the summit, narrowed at base, yellow; flesh white, very 

 fine, very melting and juicy, sugary and perfumed; very good; Sept. and Oct. 

 Comte d'Egmont. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 



Fruit small, obovate or turbinate, lemon-yellow, entirely covered with dots of a fine 

 reddish-brown russet, which in some parts are so dense as to form an irregular patch 

 particularly around the calyx; flesh yellow, melting, rather gritty, very rich, sugary, 

 delicious; first; Nov. 



Comte de Flandres. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 1:592, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 727. 1869. 3. Hogg Friiii Man. 552. 1884. 



A seedling of Van Mons though it did not bear fruit till 1843. Fruit very large, 

 obtuse-pyriform, mammillate at each end, rough to the touch, yellowish-green, heavily 

 covered with cinnamon-co'lored russet ; flesh yellowish-white, fine, extremely melting, juicy, 

 perfumed, sugary, quite devoid of seeds; of the highest merit; Oct. to Dec. 

 Comte de Lambertye. i. Rev. Hort. 542. 1894. 2. Guide Prat. 89. 1895. 



From seed of the Beurre Superfin sown by M. Tourasse; exliibited at Paris and Lyons 

 in 1894, and obtained from the Pomological Congress of Lyons a first class certificate. 

 Fruit globular-turbinate, blonde or light colored, dusted over with golden russet ; flesh fine, 

 melting, juicy, sprightly; Sept. and Oct. 

 Comte Lelieur. i. Guide Prat. 47. 1895. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 305, fig. 189. 1908. 



Gained by Ernest Baltet, nurseryman at Troyes, Fr., in 1865. Fruit rather large, 

 globular-oval, yellow, dotted with fawn and washed with carmine; flesh fine, very juicy, 

 sugary, with a delicious aroma; first; Sept. and Oct. 

 Comte de Meladore. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. 



One of a collection of forty- two new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder 

 at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 187 1. Fruit medium, 

 pyriform, yellow, with reddened cheek; flesh white, fine-grained, tolerably juicy. 

 Comte de Momy. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. 



Exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder among a collection of 42 new varieties of pears at 

 the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, 

 short-acute-pyriform, yellowish, with a red cheek a little obscured with russet; flesh 

 yellowish- white, juicy, sweet and high flavored. 

 Comte de Paris, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 72 j. 1869. 2. HoggFruitMan. 55^. 1884. 



A Van ]\Ions seedling. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-obtuse, yellowish-green 

 thickly dotted all over with large, gray-russet dots and patches, with an orange blush next 

 the sun; flesh yellowish, juicy, brisk, sweet, aromatic; good; Oct. to Dec. 

 Comtesse d'Alost. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:594, fig. 1867. 



Origin uncertain, but it was being cultivated in France in 1840 and in Germany in 

 1854. Fruit medium, long-conic, rough to the touch, russeted, finely dotted with gray 

 and partially covered with large, longitudinal stains; flesh yellowish-white, close-grained, 

 very melting; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous and having a very aromatic savor; 

 first; Nov. 



Comtesse de Chambord. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:13, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 

 1:596, fig. 1867. 



