UNTESTED VABIETIES, ETC. 



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COLUMBIA. 



] Colombian Yirgalouse. 



Columbian Virgalieu, 

 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 ; 

 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 close'.; 

 basin, shallow ; ~ore. me- 

 dium ; seeds, oblong pyri- 

 form : flesh, white, mode- 

 rately juicy, EW et; va- 

 riable quality. Decem- 

 ber to January. 



COLMAR NEILL. 



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

 ing : l ' good." October. 



COMPTE DE LAMY. 



Marie Louise the Second, 

 Marie Louise Nova. 



Foreign. 



Beurre Curte, 

 Dingier, 



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) 



