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maturity, well-exposed fruits being extensively washed with brownish-red; flesh white, 

 tinted yellow under the skin, a little coarse, semi-breaking, fairly juicy, more or less per- 

 fumed according to the season; quality inconstant; Aug. 



Cabot. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:214. 1832. 2. Mag. Hort. 10:298, 299, fig. 1844. 3. 

 Downing Fr. Trees Am. 712. 1869. 



Raised from seed of Beurr6 Gris planted in 182 1 or 1822 by J. S. Cabot, Salem, Mass. 

 Fruit medium, globular-ovate, slightly irregular; skin rough, bronze- yellow, almost covered 

 with cinnamon-russet, some marbling of red on the side next the sun; flesh greenish- white^ 

 breaking, juicy, with a rich, subacid flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. 

 Cadeau. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:507, fig. 1867. 



Mainly cultivated in the neighborhood of Angers, Fr., where it probably origi- 

 nated. Fruit small, globular-ovate, one side always more swelled than the other; skin 

 thick, greenish-yellow or pale yellow, dotted and striped with gray-brown; flesh yellowish, 

 coarse, semi-melting, very granular, wanting in juice, sugary, not much flavor; third; end 

 of July. 



Cadet de Vaux. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 132. 1825. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 712. 

 1869. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:508, fig. 1869. 



It is claimed that Van Mons originated this variety. Tree very productive, an early 

 and heavy bearer. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, ochre-yellow, dotted with brown and 

 shaded with fawn and pale red in the sun; stem short, large, curved; calyx large; flesh 

 yellowish- white, fine, breaking, sweet, juicy, perfumed; good; Dec. to Mar. 

 Caen de France. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:102. 1853. 2. Ibid. 21:188. 1855. 3. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt. 52. 1869. 



Synonymous with No. 51 of Van Mons. It was introduced into this country in 1834 

 by R. Manning, Salem, Mass. Fruit large, pyriform; skin thick, yellow, overspread with 

 russet; flesh yellowish-white, semi-melting, juicy, sweet, vinous, with a little astringency, 

 slightly aromatic; " one of the very best of the late varieties, keeps without trouble, and 

 may be put in barrels to ripen, and can be depended on from Jan. to Mar." 

 Caesar. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:98. 1832. 



Extensively cultivated in the French Department of Lorraine in the early part of the 

 nineteenth century. Fruit large, obovate-pjTiform, smooth, pale yellow in the shade, 

 deeper next the sun and sometimes slightly tinged with red, sprinkled with minute specks; 

 flesh very white, breaking, of a rich and rather musky flavor; on maturing becomes soft 

 rapidly; Dec. 



Caillot Rosat (English). 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 540. 1884. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 191. 

 1889. 



This is not the Caillot Rosat of the French which in England is known as the Summer 

 Rose. Fruit above medium, pyriform, smooth, greenish-yellow, with a brownish-red 

 cheek and streaks of brighter red on the side next the sun; flesh tender, very juicy, sweet, 

 perfumed; good; Aug. 



Caillot Rosat (French). 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:309, fig. 1867. 2. Guide Prat. 72, 25.1 

 1876. 



Summer Rose. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 652. 1884. 



