THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 345 
Commandant Belaieff. 1. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906. 
Placed on the market as a new pear by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr., in 1906. Fruit 
large, wrinkled and reddened all over; flesh rather fine, juicy, very sugary, strongly scented ; 
first; end of Dec. 
Commissaire Delmotte. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:15, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 
I:soz, fig. 1867. 
Gained by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.; ripened first in 1852 or ’53. Fruit 
medium and above, globular-turbinate-obtuse, slightly bossed; skin wrinkled, lemon- 
yellow, dotted and veined with fawn, shaded with gray-russet and with numerous very 
small, blackish-gray stains; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-melting, gritty at core; juice 
abundant, sugary, acid, with a delicate scent; second; Nov. to Jan. 
Commodore. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:60. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 570. 1857. 
Van Mons seedling No. 1218. Fruit medium, very regular, obovate, round and full 
at the crown, yellow, with patches of red and russet; flesh buttery, melting, rich, sweet 
and good; Oct. and Nov. 
Compotbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:164. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 108. 
1889. 
Of French origin, attributed to 1675. Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellow, entirely 
covered with fine, cinnamon-colored russet, becoming a dark golden green on ripening; 
good; Feb. 
Compote @Eté. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 52107, fig. 342. 1880. 
Mas states he received this variety in France from T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Eng. 
Fruit large, ovate, bright green, speckled with brown dots, turning to pale yellow on 
ripening; flesh white, rather fine, semi-buttery; juice scarcely sufficient but sugary, a little 
acid, slightly perfumed. 
Comprette. 1. Horticulturist 2:174. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 726. 1869. 
3. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 
A Flemish seedling. It was exhibited by M. P. Wilder, President of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society at the Society’s meeting in 1844. Fruit small, obtuse-pyriform, 
smooth, greenish-yellow, becoming lemon-yellow, strewed with patches and dots of russet; 
flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, sweet; not of high merit; Nov. 
Comstock. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 393. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 727. 1869. 
An American variety which originated in Dutchess County, N. Y. Fruit medium, 
obovate, smooth and glossy, bright yellow, with crimson cheek; flesh white, crisp and 
when well ripened has a sweet and sprightly flavor; a coarse, cooking pear; Nov. to Jan. 
Comte Canal de Malabaila. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:1309, fig. 358. 1880. 
Origin uncertain, but probably German. Fruit rather large, globular-ovate or nearly 
conic, bright green, with brown dots, changing to lemon-yellow and rather golden on the 
side of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, sufficient sweet juice, agreeable; first; through 
the winter. 
Comte de Chambord. 1. Guide Prat. 110. 1876. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 215, fig. 
1906. 
Found at Nantes, Fr., towards the end of the nineteenth century. Fruit medium, 
