THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 327 



obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green, slightly washed with carmine; flesh fine, juicy, sugary; 



good; Sept. 



Cambaceres. i. Leroy Dici. Pom. 1:523, fig. 1867. 



Distributed by Charles Baltet, Troyes, Fr., about 186 1, without any specification of 

 origin. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, one side generally more swelled than the other, 

 golden yellow, dotted and marbled with russet; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting; juice 

 very abundant and very sweet, refreshingly acidulous, with a delicate aroma; first; 

 Oct. 

 Camerling. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 1:524, fig. 1867. 2. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 



A seedling of Van Mons which first bore fruit in 1842. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse- 

 pyriform, bossed and somewhat swelled; skin thick, wrinkled, yellow-ochre, dotted with 

 russet, much washed with gray-bronze and clouded with brown-red on the side next the 

 sun; flesh whitish, often doughy; juice sweet, agreeable; more frequently third than second 

 class; Oct. 

 Camille de Rohan, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 542. 1884. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing to yellow-green on ripening, with nvmierous 

 russety dots; flesh white, with a pinkish tinge, fine-grained, melting, vinous and of good 

 flavor; Dec. and Jan. 

 Canandaigua. i. Mag. Hort. 16:36, 153. 1850. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 714. 1869. 



Judge Atwater of Canandaigua, New York, brought cions of this pear from Con- 

 necticut in 1806. It was exhibited at the Pomological Congress in New York in 1849 

 under the name Catherine but there being already one or more pears known by that name 

 it was deemed well to change its name to avoid confusion. Fruit mediiun, irregular, 

 elongated-acute-p>Tiform, lemon-yellow, sometimes red on the sunny side; flesh white, 

 fine, melting and buttery, sugary, high flavor; handsome and excellent; Sept. 

 Canning, i. Mcintosh Bk. Card. 460. 1855. 



Fruit large, resembling Easter Beurr^ but the habit of the tree is more robust and hardy; 

 Jan. and Feb. 



Canourgues. i. Mas. Le Verger 2:77, fig. 37. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:526, 

 fig. 1867. 



A wilding found about the beginning of the nineteenth century by M. Lauzeral, 

 Monestier, Fr. Fruit small, long-ovate, often more curved on one side than on the other, 

 smooth and shining, bright yellow, sown with small dots of grajdsh-brown, colored with 

 pale rose on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, melting; juice very abundant, vinous, 

 sugary, refreshing and aromatic; first; July. 

 Cantelope. i. Mag. Hort. 4:231, 466. 1838. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 714. 1869. 



Raised by Governor Edwards of New Haven and presented to the Horticultural 

 Society of New Haven in September, 183 8, when it was reported to be worthy of cultivation. 

 Fruit below mediiun, globular, pale yellow, sometimes blushed in the sun; flesh whitish, 

 coarse, breaking, wanting in juice; good for cooking; Oct. 

 Canton, i. Ragan Noni. Pear. B. P. I. Bui. 126:72. 1908. 



Originated in 1883 in Madison County, Miss. Fruit medium, ovate, green to yellow, 

 blushed; flesh breaking, juicy, sprightly; very good; season medium. 



