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coloured russet. Eye, open, and rather large, with very short, deci- 

 duous segments. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, slender. 

 Flesh, yellowish, melting, juicy, and sugary, with a rich and agreeably 

 perfumed juice. 



An excellent pear, of the highest merit; ripe in November and 

 December. 



This is a seedling of Van Mons, which fruited at Loavain in 1843, the year 

 after his death. 



COMTE DE liAMY {Beurre Qiwtelet ; Beurre Curtet ; Dingier). — 

 Fruit, below medium size ; roundish obovate. Skin, yellowish green, 

 with brownish red next the sun, and strewed with russety dots. Eye, 

 small, set in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch long, set in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, white, tender, buttery, melting, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in October. Tree, hardy, a good bearer, and 

 succeeds well either as a standard or pyramid. 



Comte de Limoges. See Epine du Mas. 



COMTE DE PARIS. — Fruit, medium sized, three inches long, and 

 two and a half wide ; oblong obovate, blunt at the apex, even and 

 regularly formed. Skin, rough, yeUowish green, thickly dotted aU over 

 vrith large grey russet dots and patches of russet, and an orange blush 

 next the sun. Eye, open, with short stunted segments, set in a slight 

 depression. Stalk, woody, green, three-quarters of an inch long, in- 

 serted on the apex without depression, and rather fleshy at the base. 

 Flesh, yellowish, rather gritty, juicy, brisk, and sweet, with an aromatic 

 flavour. 



A good pear, of ordinary quality ; in use from October to December. 



Comte Odart. See Beuiri Benoit. 

 Comtesse de Frenol. See Figue de Naples. 

 Comtesse de Lunay. See Duchesse de Mars. 

 Comtesse de Lunay. See Besi de Montigny. 

 Comtesse de Terwueren. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 

 ConseUler de la Cour. See Marechal de Cour. 



CONSEILLER DE HOLLANDE.— Fruit, large, three inches and 

 a half long, and two inches and a half wide ; pyramidal, undulating in 

 its outline. Skin, fine golden yeUow, considerably covered with rather 

 rough cinnamon -coloured russet, and on the side next the sun with a 

 warm orange glow, interspersed with several broken streaks of dull 

 crimson ; on the shaded side it has a few green specks and large dots. 

 Eye, open, with erect segments, set in a very slight depression. Stalk, 

 an inch long, fleshy, and tapering into the fruit. Flesh, firm and crisp, 

 yellowish, not melting nor juicy, but sweet and with a musky perfume. 



A worthless but handsome fruit, which rots at the core without 

 melting, in the middle of October. 



