728 THE PEAR. 



COMTESSE d'AlOST. 



A Belgian Pear, highly commended abroad, but here proves 

 good. Tree vigorous. Young wood dull reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit large, oblong ovate pyriform, sometimes acute. Skin pale yel- 

 low, slightly netted and patched with russet, and many brown dots, 

 shade of red in the sun. Flesh yellowish, juicy, half melting, vinous, 

 astringent. Scarcely good. November. 



COMTESSE DE ChAMBORD. 



Originated at Poictiers, France. Tree moderately vigorous. Young 

 wood olive yellow brown. Leroy describes the fruit as follows : — 



" Fruit small to medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin yellowish green in 

 the shade, bright golden in the sun, veined, dotted, and marbled with 

 yellowish gray. Stalk short. Calyx large, half closed. Flesh yellowish 

 white, melting, rough at centre, sweet, vinous, delicate aroma." Novem- 

 ber, December. 



Congress Pomologique. 

 Triomphe de Pomologique. 



Originated with M. Boisbunel, at Rouen, in 1856. Tree a vigorous 

 grower, with moderate-sized young shoots, long-jointed, and of a dull 

 yellowish-brown color, with many rough specks. Productive. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin rather rough, greenish yellow, 

 with traces of yellow, and sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk long, slen- 

 der, with bracts, set in a shallow cavity. Calyx large, open. Segments 

 long, recurved. Basin broad, shallow, uneven, russeted. Flesh whitish, 

 buttery, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good to very good. October, 

 November. 



CONKLIN. 



Originated in "Westchester Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous and produc- 

 tive. 



Fruit rather large, oblate obtuse pyriform. Skin greenish or pale 

 yellow, netted and patched with russet, and dotted with green and brown 

 dots. Stalk medium, fleshy at insertion. Calyx partially closed in a 

 deep, abrupt basin. Flesh yellowish, coarse, juicy, half melting, sweet. 

 Good. September. 



CONSEILLER RaNTWEZ. 



One of Yan Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous, very productive. 

 Young wood dull olive reddish brown. 



Fruit large, very irregular in form, obovate obtuse, obscurely pyri- 

 form. Skin greenish yellow, rough, with a few patches of russet, and 

 many brown dots. Stalk inserted in a broad cavity, by a slight lip or 

 fleshy ring. Calyx open, stiff, set in a furrowed basin. Flesh coarse, a 

 little granular, juicy, melting, perfumed, sweet, vinous, slightly astrin- 

 gent. Good. October. 



