green, brown red flush. Stem, stout, moderately long 

 in a slight cavity. Eye open in a slight ribbed basin. 

 Growth, stout and vigorous ; fertility, good. Leaf large 

 round, downy, regularly serrate, turns clear yellow, 

 no red. Generally supposed to have been found near 

 Cadillac in the Gironde. It was first described under 

 this name by Bonnefond in the " Jardinier Francois," 

 1665. One of the very best of all stewing pears, cooking 

 a deep red. Makes a fine large spreading standard. 



CHALK. (Crawford, Bancrief.) Dessert, early 

 August, small, 2 by if, round conical, even. Skin, 

 nearly smooth, a little fine russet. Colour, very pale 

 green with the faintest red flush. Flesh, nearly white, 

 mealy, sweet and juicy, flavour nil. Eye open in a 

 shallow basin. Stem, J inch, stout, fleshy. Growth, 

 stout, weeping ; fertility remarkable. Leaf, broad, dark 

 green, very downy below. Origin, probably Scotch. It 

 is similar to Citron des Carmes but not identical. A 

 fruit much grown in Kent for London markets, and 

 greatly appreciated at Hampstead Heath on August 

 Bank Holiday. 



CHARLES ERNEST. Rev. Hort. 1879, 

 Dessert, October to November, very large, oval pyriform, 

 flat at eye, a little uneven. Skin, smooth. Colour, pale 

 golden yellow generally wih a scarlet flush. Flesh, 

 white, tender, juicy, with a delicate aroma. Eye, nearly 

 closed. Stem, long and rather slender. Growth, 

 remarkably upright, makes a large tree ; fertility, 

 excellent. Leaf, large, round, flat, shallow serrate, 

 little down hanging, turns chocolate brown. Origin 

 raised by Mm. Baltet Fre"res of Troyes, France, and 

 introduced in 1879. ^ does we ^ on qui nce or pear. 



CHAUMONTEL. Her. Pom. II., 38. (Be"si de 

 Chaumontel, Beurre* d'Hiver.) Dessert, November 

 December, large, 3j by 4, oblong pyriform, uneven. 

 Skin, very rough. Colour, greenish yellow nearly 

 covered with curious purplish russet and red flush. 

 Flesh, white, fine, melting, little gritty, very sweet and 



