THE PEAR. 
483 
Comte Lelieur. 
Of Belgian origin. Tree vigorous, upriglit, moderately pro* 
ductive. Fruit medium, turbinate. Skin yellowish-green, with 
a brownish-red cheek, speckled with grey and patched with 
russet. Flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, melting, juicy, sweet 
and very high flavour. September. (Rob. Mannings’ Ms.) 
Comte de Paris. Bivort. 
One of Yan Mons’ seedlings. Tree pyramidal, very vigorous. 
Fruit medium, regularly pyriform. Skin thick, somewhat rough, 
bright green, becomes yellow at maturity. Flesh white, melt- 
ing, buttery, juice very abundant, sugary, and agreeably per- 
fumed. Ripe in October and continues in use a long time. 
(Al. Pom.) 
Comte de Lamy. Thomp. 
Beurre Curtet. Marie Louise Nova. ) ac. to 
Dingier. Marie Louise the Second, j Thomp. 
Louis Bose. 
Young shoots, pretty strong, upright, dark coloured. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish-obovate. Skin yellow, with a 
brownish-red cheek, and sprinkled with small russety dots. 
Stalk an inch long, straight, obliquely inserted under a lip, or 
planted in a slight cavity. Calyx small, set in a shallow, 
smooth basin. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melting, 
saccharine, and high flavoured. Last of September to middle 
of October. 
Comte de Flandre. Yan Mons. An. Pom. 
Tree vigorous, forming a pyramid, one of Yan Mons’ seed- 
lings. Fruit large, obliquely-pyriform. Skin yellowish, consider- 
ably covered with russet. Stalk long, much inclined, and in- 
serted by a lip, in a small cavity. Calyx open, set in an ex- 
ceedingly shallow corrugated basin. Flesh very buttery, melt- 
ing, juicy, granular, sweet and rich, highly perfumed, astringent 
near the skin. November. 
CoNSEILLER DE LA CoUR. Yan MODS. 
Marechal de la Cour. Due de Orleans. 
One of Yan Mons’ seedlings. Tree moderately vigorous, pro- 
ductive. Fruit large, obovate, inclining to pyriform, oblique. 
Skin rough, greenish, slightly russeted, and covered with russet 
dots. Stalk short, inserted by a lip at an inclination in a mo- 
derate cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx also surrounded by 
russet, set in a narrow basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, melt 
