THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 327 
obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green, slightly washed with carmine; flesh fine, juicy, sugary; 
good; Sept. 
Cambacérés. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:523, fig. 1867. 
Distributed by Charles Baltet, Troyes, Fr., about 1861, without any specification of 
origin. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, one side generally more swelled than the other, 
golden yellow, dotted and marbled with russet; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting; juice 
very abundant and very sweet, refreshingly acidulous, with a delicate aroma; first; 
Oct. 
Camerling. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:524, fig. 1867. 2. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 
A seedling of Van Mons which first bore fruit in 1842. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse- 
pytiform, bossed and somewhat swelled; skin thick, wrinkled, yellow-ochre, dotted with 
russet, much washed with gray-bronze and clouded with brown-red on the side next the 
sun; flesh whitish, often doughy; juice sweet, agreeable; more frequently third than second 
class; Oct. 
Camille de Rohan. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 542. 1884. 
Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing to yellow-green on ripening, with numerous 
russety dots; flesh white, with a pinkish tinge, fine-grained, melting, vinous and of good 
flavor; Dec. and Jan. 
Canandaigua. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:36, 153. 1850. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 714. 1869. 
Judge Atwater of Canandaigua, New York, brought cions of this pear from Con- 
necticut in 1806. It was exhibited at the Pomological Congress in New York in 1849 
under the name Catherine but there being already one or more pears known by that name 
it was deemed well to change its name to avoid confusion. Fruit medium, irregular, 
elongated-acute-pyriform, lemon-yellow, sometimes red on the sunny side; flesh white, 
fine, melting and buttery, sugary, high flavor; handsome and excellent; Sept. 
Canning. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 460. 1855. 
Fruit large, resembling Easter Beurré but the habit of the tree is more robust and hardy; 
Jan. and Feb. 
Canourgues. 1. Mas. Le Verger 2:77, fig. 37. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:526, 
fig. 1867. 
A wilding found about the beginning of the nineteenth century by M. Lauzeral, 
Monestier, Fr. Fruit small, long-ovate, often more curved on one side than on the other, 
smooth and shining, bright yellow, sown with small dots of grayish-brown, colored with 
pale rose on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, melting; juice very abundant, vinous, 
sugary, refreshing and aromatic; first; July. 
Cantelope. 1. Mag. Hort. 4:231, 466. 1838. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 714. 1860. 
Raised by Governor Edwards of New Haven and presented to the Horticultural 
Society of New Haven in September, 1838, when it was reported to be worthy of cultivation. 
Fruit below medium, globular, pale yellow, sometimes blushed in the sun; flesh whitish, 
coarse, breaking, wanting in juice; good for cooking; Oct. 
Canton. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:72. 1908. 
Originated in 1883 in Madison County, Miss. Fruit medium, ovate, green to yellow, 
blushed; flesh breaking, juicy, sprightly; very good; season medium. 
