728 THE PEAR. 



COMTESSE d'AlOST. 



A Belgian Pear, highly commended abroad, but here pi-oves only 

 good. Tree vigoi-ous. Yoimg wood dull reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit large, oblong ovate pyriform, sometimes acute. Skin pale yel- 

 low, slightly netted and patched with russet, and many brown dots, 

 shade of red in the sun. Flesh yellowish, juicy, half melting, vinous, 

 astringent. Scarcely good. November. 



COMTESSE DE ChAMBORD. 



Originated at Poictiers, France. Tree moderately vigorous. Young 

 wood olive yellow brown. Leroy describes the fruit as follows : — 



" Fruit small to medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin yellowisli gieen in 

 the shade, bright golden in the sun, veined, dotted, and marbled with 

 yellowish gray. Stalk short. Calyx large, half closed. Flesh yellowish 

 white, melting, rough at centre, sweet, v^inous, delicate aroma." Novem- 

 ber, December. 



Congress Pomologique. 

 Triomphe de Pomologique. 



Originated with M. Boisbunel, at Rouen, in 1856. Tree a Angoroits 

 grower, with moderate-sized yoxiiig shoots, long-jointed, and of a dull 

 yellowish-brown color, with many rough specks. Productive. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin rather rough, greenish yelloAv, 

 with traces of yellow, and sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk long, slen- 

 der, with bracts, set in a shallow cavity. Calyx large, open. Segments 

 long, recurved. Basin broad, shallow, iineven, russeted. Flesh whitish, 

 buttery, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good to very good. October, 

 November. 



CONKLIN. 



Originated in Westchester Co., N. Y. Tree ^dgorous and produc- 

 tive. 



Fruit rather large, oblate obtuse pyriform. Skin gi-eenish or pale 

 yellow, netted and patched with russet, and dotted with gi-een and browni 

 dots. Stalk medium, fleshy at insertion. Calyx partially closed in a 

 deep, abrupt basin. Flesh yellowish, coarse, juicy, half melting, sweet. 

 Good. September. 



Conseiller Ranwez. 



One of Yan Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous, very productive. 

 Young wood dull olive reddish brown. 



Fruit large, very irregular in form, obovate obtuse, obscurely pyri- 

 form. Skin greenish yellow, rough, with a few patches of russet, and 

 many broAvn dots. Stalk inserted in a broad cavity, by a slight lip or 

 fleshy ring. Calyx open, stiff, set in a furrowed basin. Flesh coarse, a 

 little granular, juicy, melting, perfnmed, sweet, vinous, slightly astriu 

 gent. Good. October. 



