UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



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COLUMBIA. 



Columbian Virgalieu, J Columbian Yirgalouw. 

 Native of Westchester 

 county, N. Y. Without 

 being of more than second 

 quality, its hardihood of 

 tree, productive habit, and 

 fruit uniformly smooth 

 and fair, make it a valu- 

 ble as well as profitable 

 variety. Tree, thrifty j 

 young shoots, yellowish 

 brown. 



Fruit, large or above 

 medium, oblong obovate 

 pyriform ; color, at first 

 pale green, becoming, 

 when ripe, fine golden 

 yellow, dotted with small 

 gray dots ; stem, medium 

 size, slightly curved ; ca- 

 lyx, rather small, partial- 

 ly open, or half closed; 

 basin, shallow ; core, me- 

 dium ; seeds, oblong pyri- 



form ; flesh, white, mode- 

 rately juicy, sweet; va- 

 riable quality. Decem- 

 ber to January. 



COLMAR NEILL. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, obovate, pale yellow ; flesh, white, buttery, melt- 

 ing; 'good. 7 ' October. 



COMPTE DE LAMY. 



Beurrfe Curte, 

 Dingier, 



Marie Louise the Second, 

 Marie Louise Nova. 



Foreign. Tree, upright. Fruit, medium, roundish obovate. yellow, 

 brownish red cheek, small russet dots : stem, long ; calyx, small ; flesh, 

 white, fine-grained, buttery ; " good." Early October. 



COMTE LELIEUR. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, upright, moderately productive. Fruit, me- 

 dium, turbinate ; skin, yellowish green, with a brownish red cheek, speckled 

 with gray and patched with russet ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, 

 melting, juicy, sweet, and very high flavored. September. (Rob. Man- 

 ning.) 



