THE PEAR. 483 



COMTE LELIEUR. 



Of Belgian origin. Tree vigorous, upright, moderately pro- 

 ductive. Fruit medium, turbinate. Skin yellowish-green, with 

 a brownish-red cheek, speckled with grey and patched with 

 russet. Flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, melting, juicy, sweet 

 and very high flavour. September. (Rob. Mannings' Ms.) 



COMTE DE PARIS. Bivort. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree pyramidal, veiy vigorous. 

 Fruit medium, regularly pyrilbrm. Skin thick, somewhat rough, 

 bright green, becomes yellow at maturity. Flesh white, melt- 

 ing, buttery, juice very abundant, sugary, arid agreeably per- 

 fumed. Ripe in October and continues in use a long time. 

 (Al. Pom.) 



COMTE DE LAMY. Thomp. 



Beurr6 Curtet. Marie Louise Nova. \ ac. to 



Dingier. Marie Louise the Second, j Thomp. 



Louis Bosc. 



Young shoots, pretty strong, upright, dark coloured. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-obovate. Skin yellow, with a 

 brownish-red cheek, and sprinkled with small russety dots. 

 Stalk an inch long, straight, obliquely inserted under a lip, or 

 planted in a slight cavity. Calyx small, set in a shallow, 

 smooth basin. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, 

 saccharine, and high flavoured. Last of September to middle 

 of October. 



COMTE DE FLANDRE. Van Mons. An. Pom. 



Tree vigorous, forming a pyramid, one of Van Mons' seed- 

 -ings. Fruit large, obliquely-pyriform. Skin yellowish, consider- 

 ably covered with russet. Stalk long, much inclined, and in- 

 serted by a lip, in a small cavity. Calyx open, set in an ex- 

 ceedingly shallow corrugated basin. Flesh very buttery, melt- 

 ing, juicy, granular, sweet and rich, highly perfumed, astringent 

 near the skin. November. 



CONSEILLER DE LA COUR. Van Mons. 

 Marechal de la Cour. Due de Orleans. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree moderately vigorous, pro- 

 ductive. Fruit large, obovate, inclining to pyriform, oblique. 

 Skin rough, greenish, slightly russeted, and covered with russet 

 dots. Stalk short, inserted by a lip at an inclination in a mo- 

 derate cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx also surrounded by 

 russet, set in a narrow basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, melt 



