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sheltered, when it may be grown as a standard, the fruit being so 

 large it is apt to be blown down by high winds. The fruit is smaller 

 from a standard than a dwarf or espalier. 



CATINKA. Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, of a fine deep 

 lemon-yellow colour, thickly covered with large cinnamon-coloured 

 freckles and tracings of russet. Eye, rather small, and open. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long. Flesh, yellowish, melting, but slightly 

 gritty, juicy, very sugary, with a rich full flavour, and a fine aroma of 

 the rose. 



A very excellent pear, with rich saccharine juice ; ripe in December. 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and first fruited in 1845. At 

 Teddington, Mr. Blackmore says, * it is poor and small" 



Cellite. See Passe Colmar. 



Certeau Musque d'Hiver. See Martin Sire. 



CHAIR A DAME. Fruit, medium size ; turbinate. Skin, yellow, 

 covered with grey russet, and clouded with red next the sun. Eye, 

 open, with short segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, short 

 and stout, half an inch long, and obliquely inserted without depression, 

 fleshy at the base. Flesh, crisp, tender, sweet, with a rich and agree- 

 able perfumed flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer, either on the 

 pear or quince, succeeds well as a standard. 



This is not Cher Dame of Knoop. 



Chambers's Large. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 

 Chambrette. See Virgouleuse. 



CHAMP RICHE D'lTALIE. Fruit, medium sized; obovate. 

 Skin, smooth, bright green, changing to yellowish green, and thickly 

 covered with brown russety dots, and patches of russet round the eye 

 and stalk. Eye, small and open, with long acuminate segments, and 

 set in a wide, shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh, white, tender, and without grit, with a plea- 

 sant subacid, sweet flavour. 



A culinary pear ; in use during December and January. The tree 

 bears well as a standard. 



Chapman's. See Passe Colmar. 



Chapman's Passe Colmar. See Passe Colmar. 



CHAPTAL. Fruit, large ; obovate. Skin, bright green, changing to 

 yellow as it ripens, covered with numerous brown dots and markings of 

 russet, and sometimes with a faint tinge of reddish brown next the sun. 

 Eye, open, with long erect segments, set in a rather deep basin. 



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