THE PEAR. 727 



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COMTE DE FLANDIIE. 

 St. Jean Baptiste. St. Jean Baptiste d'Hiver. 



One of Van Moiis' seedlings. Tree vigorous, productive. Young 

 wood reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit large, elongated pyriform, obtuse. Skin yellowish, con- 

 siderably covered with russet. Stalk long, much inclined, and insert- 

 ed by a lip in a small cavity. Calyx open, set in a shallow, corrugated 

 basin. Flesh very buttery, melting, juicy, granular, sweet, and rich. 

 Good to very good. October, November. 



COMSTOCK. 

 Comstock Wilding. 



A coarse cooking Pear that originated in Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



Fruit of medium size, regularly formed, obovate. Skin smooth and 

 glossy, bright yellow, with a crimson cheek. Flesh white, crisp, and, if 

 well ripened, with a sweet and sprightly flavor. November. 



COMTE DE LAMY. 



Beurre Curtet. Beurre Quitelet. Comte Lamay. 



Dingier. Bis Curtet. Beurre Cutter. 



Henri Van Mons, erroneously. 



Originated in Belgium in 1828. Tree vigorous, spreading. 



Fruit of medium size, oblate pyriform. Skin yellow, with a 

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

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

 in a slight cavity. Calyx open, set in a shallow basin. Flesh white, 

 fine-grained, buttery, melting, sweet. Good. Last of September to 

 middle of October. 



COMTE DE PARIS. 



One of Yan Mons' seedlings. Tree pyramidal, very vigorous. 

 Young shoots reddish brown grayish. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform, often elongated. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, a little netted and patched with russet, and dotted with conspicuous 

 russet and green dots. Stalk long, slender, curved, set in a shallow 

 cavity, sometimes by a lip. Calyx large, open. Segments long. Basin 

 small. Flesh whitish yellow, juicy, melting, brisk, slightly vinous, 

 musky. Good to very good. September. 



COMTE LELIEUR. 

 Frederick Lelieur. 



Of Belgian origin. Tree vigorous, upright, moderately productive. 

 Young wood reddish olive brown. 



Fruit large, pyriform. Skin yellowish green, with a brownish-red 

 cheek, speckled with gray, netted and patched with russet. Stalk short, 

 curved, inclined, set by a lip. Flesh yellowish white, a little coarse- 

 grained, melting, juicy, sweet. Good to very good. September. 



