PEARS. 419 



CATINKA.. — Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, of a fine deep 

 lemon-yellow colour, thickly covered with large cinnamon-coloured 

 freckles and tracings of russet. Eye, rather small and open. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long. Flesh, yellowish, melting, but slightly 

 gritty, juicy, very sugary, with a rich full flavour, and a fine aroma of 

 the rose. 



A very excellent pear, with rich saccharine juice ; ripe in December. 

 It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and first fruited iu 1845. 



Cellite. See Passe Colmar. 



Certeau Musque d'Hiver. See Martin Sire, 



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CHAIR A DAME. — Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, yellow, 

 covered with grey russet, and clouded with red next the sun. Eye, 

 open, with short segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, short 

 and stout, half an inch long, and obliquely inserted without depression, 

 fleshy at the base. Flesh, crisp, tender, sweet, with a rich and agree- 

 ably perfumed flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer, either on the 

 pear or quince, and succeeds well as a standard. 



This is not the Cher a Dame of Knoop. 



Chambers' Large. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 

 Chambrette. See Yirgouleuse. 



CHAMP RICHE D'lTALIE.— Fruit, medium sized; obovate. 

 Skin, smooth, bright green, changing to yellowish green, and thickly 

 covered with brown russety dots, and patches of russet round the eye 

 and stalk. Eye, small and open, with long acuminate segments, and 

 set in a wide, shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh, white, tender, and without grittiness, with a 

 pleasant subacid, sweet flavour. 



A cuUnary pear ; in use during December and January. The tree 

 bears well as a standard. 



Chapman's. See Passe Colmar. 



Chapman's Passe Colmar. See Passe Colmar. 



CHAPTAL. — Fruit, large ; obovate. Skin, bright green, changing to 

 yellow as it ripens, covered with numerous brown dots and markings of 

 russet, and sometimes with a faint tinge of reddish brown next the sun. 

 Eye, open, with long erect segments, set in a rather deep basin. 

 Stalk, thick, an inch long, inserted without depression. Flesh, white, 

 crisp, juicy, vfith a sweet and aromatic flavour. 



An excellent culinary pear ; in use from December to April. The 

 tree is an abundant bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



It was raised by M. Hervy, of the Luxembourg Garden, Paris, in 1800, and was 

 named in honour of Comte Chaptal, the celebrated chemist and Minister of the 

 Interior under Napoleon I. 



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