326 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Calebasse d'Octobre. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 41. 1871. 2. Horticulturist 27:102. 

 1872. 



Received by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society from M. Alexandra Bivort of 

 Belgium and tested November, 1871. Fruit medium, acute- pyriform, long; skin smooth, 

 pale yellow, traced with russet, with a fine ruddy tint on one side; flesh yellowish- white, 

 melting, juicy and buttery, fine-grained; flavor vinous, rich, aromatic, sprightly, with a 

 slight astringency. 

 Calebasse Rose. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:123, fig. 542. 1881. 



Of uncertain origin. Fruit medium or rather large; obovate-pyriform, usually rather 

 irregular or bossed in its outline, bright green, sown with dots of darker green; on ripening 

 the fundamental green changes to a pale lemon-yellow, sometimes washed with rose; flesh 

 whitish, buttery, melting, sufficient sweet juice, acidulous; good; Oct. 

 Calebasse Tougard. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:95, fig. 1855. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:521, 

 fig. 1867. 



Tougard. 3. Card. Chron. 415. 1863. 



A posthumous seedling of Van Mons, first fruited in 1847. Fruit medium, pyriform, 

 yellowish, covered with spots and patches of rough brown-russet; flesh has a pink tinge, 

 half-melting, juicy, sugary and has a pleasant flavor; Oct. and Nov. 

 Calebasse Verte. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:522, fig. 1867. 



Attributed to Van Mons, date unknown, as also whether from Brussels or Louvain. 

 Fruit medium to large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, bossed, bright green, sprinkled with 

 russet dots, veined with grayish-brown around the calyx and stem; flesh greenish- white, 

 fine, melting; juice sweet, abundant, acid, agreeable; first; Oct. 

 Calhoun. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5. 1843. 2. Mag. Hort. 11:252. 1845. 



Raised by Governor Edwards, New Haven, Conn., and submitted by him to the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1843. Fruit medium, globular, obliquely oblate, 

 yellowish, shaded with dull crimson, russetted; flesh white, coarse, granular, buttery, 

 melting, pleasant; good; Oct. 

 Caliorosa. i. Mag. Hort. 18:151. 1852. 



Described among new varieties of fruits. Fruit large, pyriform, greenish-yellow, with 

 brown specks; not juicy, indifferent. 

 Calixte Mignot. i. Guide Prat. 88. 1895. 



Fruit large, pyriform, greenish, dotted with russet, passing to yellow at maturity; 

 flesh very fine, melting, buttery, juicy; first; Oct. and Nov. 

 Calvillebirne. i. Dochnahl Fw/zr. Obstkunde 2:72. 1856. 



Originated by Van Mons, 1825. Fruit medium, obovate-conic, light green changing to 

 lemon-yellow, washed with red on the sun-exposed side; flesh fine, granular, sweet, juicy, 

 melting, vinous and musky; good; Feb. and Mar. 

 Calvin, i. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:71. 1908. 



Originated by Calvin Throop in Washington, U. S. A. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform 

 yellow, blushed and striped; flesh buttery, juicy, melting; good; medium. 

 Camak. i. Card. Mon. 2:320. 1860. 2. Guide Prat. 70. 1895. 



Originated with J. Camak, Athens, Ga., and first reported in 1860. Fruit medium, 



