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even with the surface. Flesh, with a pinkish tinge, half melting, very 

 juicy, sugary, and with a pleasant flavour. 



Eipe during October and November, and is very soon rotten. 



This is a posthumous seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited in 1847, and 

 was dedicated by M. Biyort to M. Tougard, of Rouen. 



Calebasse Tougard. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Calebasse Vasse. See Beurre de Capimimont. 



CAMBACERES. — Fruit, below medium size, an inch and a quarter 

 wide, and three inches and a quarter high ; pyriform, even and regular 

 in its outline. Skin, with a fine rich yellow ground, very thickly 

 mottled and speckled with dark cinnamon-coloured russet, and with a 

 large ramifying patch round the stalk. Eye, small and open, with erect 

 segments. Stalk, an inch and three-quarters to two inches long, curved, 

 and inserted without depression. Flesh, half melting, very juicy, sweet, 

 with a brisk flavour and delicate aroma. 



A good pear ; ripe in October, and soon becomes pasty. 



De Cambron. See Olou Morgeau. 



CAMILLE DE ROHAN {Pnnce Camille de Bohan). —Vrmi, about 

 medium size ; pyriform. Skin, clear, green at first, but clanging to 

 yellowish green when it ripens, and thickly covered with numerous 

 russety dots. Eye, open, placed in a slight depression. Stalk, slender, 

 about an inch long. Flesh, white, with a pinkish tinge, fine-grained 

 and melting, vinous, and of good flavour. 



It ripens in December and January. 



Canelle. See Beurre Bosc. 

 Canning. See Easter Beurre. 

 Canning d'Hiver. See Easter Beurre. 



CAPSHEAJT. — ^Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, deep yellow, 

 almost entirely covered with brown russet. Eye, small, set in a slight 

 depression. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and inserted in a slight cavity. 

 Flesh, white, juicy, melting, sweet, and agreeably flavoured. 



A dessert pear of American origin, but not of high merit ; ripe in 

 October. The tree is very prolific, and succeeds well as a standard. 



Capiaumont. See Beurre de Capiaumont. 



Captif de St. H^lene. See Napoleon. 



CAPUCIN VAN MONS.— Fruit, above medium size; oval. Skin, 

 bright green, changing to pale yellow in the shade, and red next the 

 sun, with markings of russet round the stalk and the eye, and strewed 

 with numerous russety dots. Eye, small, and set in a deep and 

 irregular basin. Stalk, an inch long, set in a shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 tinged with green, crisp, juicy, rich and sugary.. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in October, and keeps but a short time, generally 

 decaying at the core whilst the exterior remains perfectly sound. The 

 tree succeeds well as a standard. 



