THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 347 
From seeds of Winter Nelis sown in 1847 by President Parigot, Poitiers, Depart. 
Vienne, Fr., and fruited for the first time in 1855. Fruit medium and above, obovate- 
obtuse-pyriform; skin rough, wrinkled, very bright green, sprinkled with dots of greenish- 
gtay, brilliant yellow on the side touched by the sun, and sometimes washed with bright 
red; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, very melting, buttery, gritty at core; juice most 
abundant, sugary, refreshing, vinous and delicately aromatic; first; Nov. and Dec. 
Comtesse Clara Frijs. 1. Guide Prat. 91. 1876. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 198. 1889. 
Danish. Fruit medium to large, pale yellow, dotted; flesh white, melting, juicy, 
sugary, perfumed; good; Aug. 
Comtesse de Grailly. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:165, fig. 83. 1872. 
Introduced by Eugaéne des Nouhes, near Pouzanges, Vendée, Fr., in 1867. Fruit 
medium, globular-conic, flattened at the two poles, very bright green changing to a 
beautiful lemon-yellow on ripening, golden on the side of the sun, sprinkled with numerous 
fawn dots; flesh white, fine, melting, rather granular at the core, with abundant sweet 
juice and a delicate perfume; Oct. and Nov. 
Comtesse de Paris. 1. Rev. Hort. 242, fig. 89. 1898. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 218, 
fig. 1906. 
Obtained by W. Fourcine, Dreux, Fr., about 1893. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, 
bent toward stem, greenish-yellow, tinted with fawn around the stem and calyx and dots 
of russet over the rest of the skin; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, extremely juicy, very 
sugary, mild flavor; good; Dec. 
Condorcet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:597, fig. 1867. 
Of unknown origin; named after the Marquis of Condorcet. Fruit below medium 
or small, turbinate, acute and undulating at base, but sometimes somewhat obtuse and 
mammillate, always mammillate at crown, bright yellow, dotted, streaked and patched 
with russet; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, slightly gritty at core; juice enough, sugary, 
aromatic, rather savory; second; Sept. 
Conference. 1. Nicholson Dict. Gard. 3:51. 1900. 2. Garden 62:367, fig. 1902 
3. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 166. 1920. 
Named after the National (British) Pear Conference of 1885. Originated by Rivers, 
the English pomologist, and introduced in 1894. It is now grown in enormous quantities 
in England for market purposes and is said to be one of the most regular cropping varieties. 
Tree a moderate grower, very productive. Fruit medium to above, slightly long-gourd- 
shaped, even, smooth, shining green, dotted with russet; stem long, woody; calyx open in 
a shallow basin; flesh pale yellow, slight pinkish tinge, melting, very juicy, sweet, good; 
Oct. and Nov. 
Congrés de Gand. 1. Guide Prat. 73. 1895. 
A Belgian variety distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp. Fruit medium, 
pyriform, fawn color; flesh white, melting; good; Oct. 
Congrés Pomologique. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:598, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees. 
Am. 728. 1869. 
Raised by Boisbunel, Rouen, 1854. Fruit above medium, turbinate, globular and 
bossed; skin rough, olive-yellow, slightly dotted with brown, more or less clouded with 
