PLATE XLII. 
i. COMTE DE FLANDRE. 
[Syn : St. Jean Baptiste .] 
A seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited at Louvain in 1843. 
Description .—Fruit : very large, pyriform. Skin : almost entirely covered with large 
freckles of cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye : open, and rather large, with very short, deciduous 
segments. Core : usually without seeds, as M. Decaisne observed. Stalk : three-quarters of an 
inch long, slender. Flesh : yellowish, melting, juicy and sugary, with a rich and agreeably 
perfumed juice. 
An excellent Pear of the highest merit; in season in November and December. 
The tree is hardy, and makes a fine pyramid either on the pear or quince stock. It bears 
well. 
