346 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
turbinate-obtuse, enlarged at the summit, narrowed at base, yellow; flesh white, very 
fine, very melting and juicy, sugary and perfumed; very good; Sept. and Oct. 
Comte d’Egmont. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 
Fruit small, obovate or turbinate, lemon-yellow, entirely covered with dots of a fine 
reddish-brown russet, which in some parts are so dense as to form an irregular patch 
particularly around the calyx; flesh yellow, melting, rather gritty, very rich, sugary, 
delicious; first; Nov. 
‘Comte de Flandres. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:592, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
727. 1869. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 
A seedling of Van Mons though it did not bear fruit till 1843. Fruit very large, 
obtuse-pyriform, mammillate at each end, rough to the touch, yellowish-green, heavily 
covered with cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine, extremely melting, juicy, 
perfumed, sugary, quite devoid of seeds; of the highest merit; Oct. to Dec. 
Comte de Lambertye. 1. Rev. Hort. 542. 1894. 2. Guide Prat. 89. 1895. 
From seed of the Beurré Superfin sown by M. Tourasse; exhibited at Parisand Lyons 
in 1894, and obtained from the Pomological Congress of Lyons a first class certificate. 
Fruit globular-turbinate, blonde or light colored, dusted over with golden russet; flesh fine, 
melting, juicy, sprightly; Sept. and Oct. 
Comte Lelieur. 1. Guide Prat. 47. 1895. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 305, fig. 189. 1908. 
Gained by Ernest Baltet, nurseryman at Troyes, Fr., in 1865. Fruit rather large, 
globular-oval, yellow, dotted with fawn and washed with carmine; flesh fine, very juicy, 
sugary, with a delicious aroma; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Comte de Meladore. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. 
One of a collection of forty-two new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder 
at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, 
pyriform, yellow, with reddened cheek; flesh white, fine-grained, tolerably juicy. 
Comte de Momy. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. 
Exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder among a collection of 42 new varieties of pears at 
the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, 
short-acute-pyriform, yellowish, with a red cheek a little obscured with russet; flesh 
yellowish-white, juicy, sweet and high flavored. 
Comte de Paris. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 727. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 553. 1884. 
A Van Mons seedling. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-obtuse, yellowish-green 
thickly dotted all over with large, gray-russet dots and patches, with an orange blush next 
the sun; flesh yellowish, juicy, brisk, sweet, aromatic; good; Oct. to Dec. 
Comtesse d’Alost. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:94, fig. 1867. 
Origin uncertain, but it was being cultivated in France in 1840 and in Germany in 
1854. Fruit medium, long-conic, rough to the touch, russeted, finely dotted with gray 
and partially covered with large, longitudinal stains; flesh yellowish-white, close-grained, 
very melting; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous and having a very aromatic savor; 
first; Nov. 
Comtesse de Chambord. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:13, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 
1:596, fig. 1867. 
