THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 345 



Commandant Belaieff. 1. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906. 



Placed on the market as a new pear by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr., in 1906. Fruit 

 large, wrinkled and reddened all over; flesh rather fine, juicy, very sugary, strongly scented; 

 first; end of Dec. 



Commissaire Delmotte. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 5:15, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 

 1:591, fig. 1S67. 



Gained by Xavier Gr^goire, Jodoigne, Bel.; ripened first in 1852 or '53. Fruit 

 medium and above, globular-turbinate-obtuse, slightly bossed; skin wrinkled, lemon- 

 yellow, dotted and veined with fawn shaded with gray-russet and with numerous very 

 small, blackish-gray stains; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-melting, gritty at core; juice 

 abundant, sugar}-, acid, with a delicate scent; second; Nov. to Jan. 

 Commodore. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:60. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 570. 1857. 



Van Mons seedling No. 12 18. Fruit medium, very regular, obovate, round and full 

 at the crown, yellow, with patches of red and russet; flesh buttery, melting, rich, sweet 

 and good; Oct. and Nov. 



Compotbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fw/zr. Obstkunde 2:164. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 198. 

 1889. 



Of French origin, attributed to 1675. Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellow, entirely 

 covered with fine, cinnamon-colored russet, becoming a dark golden green on ripening; 

 good; Feb. 

 Compote d'fite. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:107, fig. 342. 1880. 



Mas states he received this variety in France from T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Eng. 

 Fruit large, ovate, bright green, speckled with brown dots, turning to pale yellow on 

 ripening; flesh white, rather fine, semi-buttery; juice scarcely sufficient but sugary, a little 

 acid, slightly perfumed. 



Comprette. 1. Horticulturist 2:174. 1S47. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 726. 1S69. 

 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 



A Flemish seedling. It was exhibited by M. P. Wilder, President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society at the Society's meeting in 1844. Fruit small, obtuse-pyriform, 

 smooth, greenish-yellow, becoming lemon-yellow, strewed with patches and dots of russet ; 

 flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, sweet ; not of high merit ; Nov. 

 Comstock. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 393. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 727. 1869. 



An American variety which originated in Dutchess County, N. Y. Fruit medium, 

 obovate, smooth and glossy, bright yellow, with crimson cheek; flesh white, crisp and 

 when well ripened has a sweet and sprightly flavor; a coarse, cooking pear; Nov. to Jan. 

 Comte Canal de Malabaila. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:139, fig. 358. 1880. 



Origin uncertain, but probably German. Fruit rather large, globular-ovate or nearly 

 conic, bright green, with brown dots, changing to lemon-yellow and rather golden on the 

 side of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, sufficient sweet juice, agreeable; first; through 

 the winter. 



Comte de Chambord. 1. Guide Prat. no. 1876. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 215, fig. 

 1906. 



Found at Nantes, Fr., towards the end of the nineteenth century. Fruit medium, 



