THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 333 
Champagner Bratbirne. 1. Guide Prat. 89, 256. 1876. 2. Loschnig Mosibirnen 8, fig. 
1913. 
Much valued in Germany for making champagne and perry. It was grown in Baden, 
Wiurttemberg, and Hesse in 1797. Fruit small, globular-turbinate, even in outline, light 
green turning yellow without any blush, speckled with brown-russet and finely dotted; 
flesh white, coarse, nearly breaking; first for perry; autumn. 
Chancelier de Hollande. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:31, fig. 496. 1881. 
A seedling of Van Mons. Fruit medium to large, obovate-pyriform; skin rather thick 
and firm, becoming a little greasy, bright green speckled with green-gray dots; on ripening 
the original green becomes yellow and washed with red on the exposed side; flesh whitish, a 
little green under the skin, rather coarse, gritty at the center, semi-melting; juice plentiful, 
rich in sugar, acidulous, slightly perfumed, agreeable; third; Nov. 
Chancellor. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:65. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 717. 18609. 
Said to have originated in Germantown, Pa., on the grounds of a Mr. Chancellor. At 
the Second Session of the American Pomological Congress in 1853 it was placed on the list 
of pears that promised well. Fruit rather large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, 
sometimes blushed on the exposed side, dotted; flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting, sugary, 
perfumed; good; Oct. and Nov. 
Chantry. 1. Mag. Hort.g:125. 1843. 
Published in the London Horticultural Society’s Catalogue of Fruits, 1842. Fruit 
medium size, globular, brown and russet; buttery; second; Dec. and Jan. 
Chaploux. 1. Mas Le Verger 1:169, fig. 83. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 13547. 
1867. 
Distributed from nurseries at Vilvorde-lez-Bruxelles, Bel., in 1859. Fruit small, glob- 
ular-turbinate, acute, the stem being perpendicular to and continuous with the fruit; color 
dark green, touched with brown russet; flesh yellowish-white, veined with green, fine, 
buttery, very sugary; first quality for cider and for drying; Dec. and Jan. 
Chapman. 1. Mag. Hort. 14:84. 1848. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 717. 1890. 
Originated in Philadelphia or its vicinity. Shown at the exhibition of the Pennsyl- 
vania Horticultural Society held at Philadelphia, September, 1847. Fruit medium, 
obovate-pyriform, yellow, with brown and green dots; flesh white, semi-melting, astringent; 
Sept. 
Chaptal. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom.1:547. 1867. 
Raised in Paris by Michel-Christophe Hervy, about 1800. Fruit very large, oblong, 
obovate-obtuse-pyriform, yellow-ochre, dotted with greenish-brown, marbled with fawn, 
washed with dark red on the side facing the sun; flesh white, semi-fine and semi-melting, 
gritty at the center; juice sufficient, sugary, acidulous; second. 
Charles Bivort. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:549, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:1 51, fig. 
460. 1880. 
A seedling of Van Mons fruited prior to 1842. Fruit medium, globular-ovate-obtuse; 
bright green changing to orange-yellow at maturity, marbled and dotted with bright brown, 
and clouded with olive-russet on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-breaking, 
gritty at core; juice rather wanting, sugary, vinous; second; Oct. 
