518 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Cheneau. See Fondante de Brest. 



Chevriers de Stuttgardt. See Eousselet de Stuttgardt. 



De Chypre. See Early Eousselet. 



Ciree d'Hiver. See Gilogil. 



CITRON DES CARMES (Gros St. Jean; Madeleine; Early Rose 

 Angle). Fruit, below medium size; obovate. Skin, smooth and thin, 

 at first bright green, but changing to yellowish green, and with a faint 

 tinge of brownish red next the sun, strewed with grey dots. Eye, 

 small, closed, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch and a half 

 to two niches long, inserted without depression by the side of a fleshy 

 prominence. Flesh, pale yellowish white, delicate, very juicy and 

 melting, with a sweet, pleasant, refreshing flavour. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in July and August, and very liable 

 to crack on the surface. The tree is hardy and an abundant bearer, 

 succeeds well as a standard, and thrives well on the quince stock. Mr. 

 R. D. Blackmore says " it cracks and rots at Teddington," and that he 

 has had it ripe there on 10th of July. 



It is one of the best early pears, and receives its name, Madeleine, from ripening 

 about St. Magdalene's Day, July 22nd, and also from being first seen in the garden 

 of the Carmelites at Paris. Sometimes the Bourdon is confounded with this pear, 

 as is the case by Switzer. 



Citron de Septernbre. See White Doyenne. 

 Clairgeau. See Beurre Clairgeau. 

 Clairgeau de Nantes. See Beurre Clairgeau. 



CLAPP'S FAVOURITE. Fruit, medium sized, three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two and a half wide ; pyriform or long obovate, even 

 and symmetrical in its outline. Skin, green at first on the shaded 

 side, and dull red on the side next the sun, but as it ripens the green 

 becomes fine yellow, and the red bright crimson streaked with darker 

 crimson, the colouring being very similar to that of Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey. Eye, rather large and open, set in a narrow and shallow 

 depression. Stalk, very stout, thickest at the insertion, and tapering 

 to the end, nearly an inch and a quarter long, and rather obliquely 

 inserted. Flesh, white, crisp and juicy, sweet, with an agreeable brisk 

 flavour, like that of Green Chisel and such early pears. 



A good early pear ; ripe in the middle of August, but it must be 

 eaten as soon as gathered, as it soon becomes mealy. 

 .An American pear, raised by Mr. Thaddeus Clapp, of Dorchester, Mass., U.S.A. 



COLMAR (D'Auch; Bergamotte Tardive ; Colmar Doree; De 

 Maune). Fruit, above medium size; obtuse pyriform. Skin, smooth, 

 pale green, changing to yellowish green, and strewed with grey russety 

 dots. Eye, large and open, clove-like, with long segments, and set in 

 a rather deep depression. Stalk, an inch to an inch and a half long, 



