“ THE PEAR. 488 
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Comre Lenieur. 
Of Belgian origin. Tree vigorous, upright, moderately pro- 
, ductive. Fruit medium, turbinate. Skin yellowish-green, with 
a brownish-red cheek, speckled with grey and patched witb 
russet. Flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, melting, juicy, sweet 
and very high flavour. September. (Rob. Mannings’ Ms.) 
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Comrz pz Paris. Bivort. 
One of Van Mons’ seedlings. Tree pyramidal, very vigorous. 
Fruit medium, regularly pyriform. Skin thick, somewhat rough, 
bright green, becomes yellow at maturity. Flesh white, melt! 
ing, buttery, juice very abundant, sugary, and agreeably per- 
fumed. Ripe in October and continues in use a long time 
(Al. Pom.) 
Comrz pz Lamy. Thomp. 
Bourré Curtet. Marie Louise Nova. ae, to 
Dingler. Marie Louise the Second. § Zhomp. 
Louis Bosc. 
Young shoots, pretty strong, upright, dark coloured. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish-obovate. Skin yellow, with a 
brownish-red cheek, and sprinkled with small russety dots. 
Stalk an inch long, straight, obliquely inserted under a lip, or 
planted in a slight cavity. Calyx small, set in a shallow, 
smooth basin. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, 
saccharine, and high flavoured.. Last of September to middle. 
of October. .” ai 
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Comrz pg Franpre. Van Mons, An. Pom. 
Tree vigorous, forming a pyramid, one of Van Mons’ seed- 
-ings. Fruit large, obliquely-pyriform. Skin yellowish, consider- 
ably covered with russet. Stalk long, much inclined, and in- 
serted by a lip, in a small cavity. Calyx open, set in an ex- 
ceedingly shallow corrugated basin. Flesh very buttery, melt- 
ing, juicy, granular, sweet and. rich, highly perfumed, astringent 
near the skin. November. 
Conszrtier pz LA Cour.. Van Mons. 
Marechal de la Cour. Duc de Orleans. 
- One of Van Mons’ seedlings. Tree moderately vigorous, pro- 
duétive. Fruit large, obovate, inclining to pyriform, oblique. 
Skin rough, greenish, slightly russeted, and covered with russet 
dots. Stalk short, inserted by a lip at an inclination in a mo- 
derate cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx also surrounded by 
russet, set in a narréw basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, melt 
