280 



Pears. 



Fig. 318. Comple de Flandre. 



Dix. Large, long pyriform, body round-ovate, tapering slightly to 

 the often oblique and slightly flattened and obtuse crown ; yel- 

 lowish green, becoming deep yellow; dots numerous, distinct; 

 stalk an inch and a quarter long, stout at each end, slightly sunk ; 

 basin small ; flesh rather granular, rich, juicy, sweet, often excel- 

 lent, sometimes rather acid. The fruit often cracks. Middle and 

 late autumn. A tardy bearer. Shoots yellow, rather slender, 

 often thorny ; leaves flat. A native of Boston, Mass. 



DOYENN DU COMICE. Rather large, roundish-pyriform, some- 

 what pyramidal ; greenish yellow, becoming line yellow at maturi- 

 ty, often with a faint crimson blflsh, slightly russeted, thickly 

 d'ottecl ; stalk short, stout, set obliquely in a small cavity ; calyx 

 small, in a deep, uneven basin ; flesh white, fine, melting, with a 

 sweet, rich, slightly aromatic flavor. Keeps long after fully ripe 

 Oct. and Ncv. Young wood apt to be injured. Fig. 275. 



