348 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



pale red on the cheek next the sun; flesh yellowish- white, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, 

 acidulous, having a pleasant flavor of musk; first; Nov. and Dec. 

 Conkleton. i. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:85. 1908- 



Raised in Texas from seed of Le Conte. Cataloged as " new " in 1902. 

 Conklin. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 728. 1869. 



Originated in Westchester County, N. Y. Fruit mediimi large, oblate-obtuse-pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow sprinkled with green and brown dots, russeted; flesh yellowish, coarse, 

 half melting, sweet, juicy; good; Sept. 

 Comiecticut. i. Field Pear Cult. 272. 1858. 



Raised in Connecticut. Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish-green; quality poor. 

 Conseiller de Hollande. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 554. 1884. 



Fruit large, pyramidal, golden-yellow, much covered with rather rough, cinnamon- 

 colored russet, with a warm orange glow on the sun-exposed side, with some streaks of 

 crimson, and some green specks and large dots on the shaded side; flesh firm and crisp, 

 yellowish, not melting, deficient in juice, sweet and with a musky aroma; handsome but 

 third rate; Oct. 



Conseiller Ranwez. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:599, fig- 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 554. 

 1884. 



Raised by Van Mons; it fruited in 1841. Fruit large, pyramidal, bright green, covered 

 with fawn dots, becoming yellow within a day or two of its ripening; flesh fine-grained, 

 half-buttery, tender; juice plentiful, sugary, vinous and delicately perfumed; good but 

 variable; Oct. and Nov. 



Constant Claes. i. Guide Prat. 108, 260. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:91, fig. 526. 

 1881. 



A Belgian variety distributed in 1863 by de Jonghe. Fruit medium or rather large, 

 conic-pyriform; skin thin and slender, pale green, washed on ripening with light orange-red; 

 flesh white, fine, melting; juice abundant, sweet, vinous and pleasantly scented; first; Sept. 

 Cooke. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 484. 1857. 2. Efliott Fr. Book 372. 1859. 



Place of origin. King George County, Va. Introduced by H. R. Roby, Fredericks- 

 burg, Va. Fruit rather large, irregularly p5Tamidal, pale-yellow; flesh juicy, buttery, 

 melting, sweet, rich, vinous; mid-season. 



Copia. I. Mcintosh Bk. Card. 2:455. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 571. 1857. 

 3. Ibid. 729. 1869. 



Originated about the middle of last century at Philadelphia. Fruit large, yellow, 

 with specks of russet, broad-turbinate ; flesh sugary, rather coarse, somewhat resembling 

 the Beurr6 Diel in flavor; good; Sept. and Oct. 

 Comelie Daras. i. Guide Prat. 89. 1895. 



Distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, globular, lemon- 

 yellow; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sugary and well perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Comemuse. i. Gard. Chron. 335. 1862. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:602, fig. 1867. 



This is one of the most ancient French pears and was cultivated in 1628 at Orleans, 

 Le Lectier tells, under the name Chair de Fille but a little later under that of Comemuse, 

 it being described by Claude Saint-Etienne in 1670. Fruit below medium, long, somewhat 



