Introduced by S. H. Smith, an amateur horticulturist of Rhode Island where it was already much cultivated in 1837. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-pyriform, deep yellow, with patches and traces of cinnamon-russet; flesh white, juicy, melting, not highly flavored but very sweet and agreeable; good; Sept. and Oct.
Capucine Van Mons. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:528, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:145, fig. 361. 1880.
Obtained by Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel., a friend of Van Mons, to whom he dedicated the variety in 1828. Fruit above medium, oval-pyriform, bright green, dotted all over with fawn and slightly bronzed on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish or greenish, fine, semi-melting, crisp, rich, sugary; juice very abundant, vinous, having a delicate aroma; good to very good; Oct. to Dec.
Carasi. 1. Guide Prat. 80. 1876. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 373. 1908.
This is a perry pear, widely distributed in Europe under variations of the same name. On the farms of Brie, France, it is known as the Carisi, the fruit being medium size or rather large, the juice perfumed, without color, rich in tannin. In the neighborhood of Metz, Lorraine, it is called Carasi and in the district of Auge, France, Carisy. Bunyard and Thomas in their joint work, “The Fruit Garden,” mention Carisie-Gros and Carisie-Petit as varieties for perry making, and they are probably two variations of the same pear, as too are the Carisi rouge and Carisi blanc of France. The Carasi, or Rote Carisi, of Austria is a beautiful fruit, large to very large, irregular in outline, pyriform, swelled at middle, somewhat truncated; skin tough, green, turning to lemon-yellow, richly blushed on the sunny side, dotted with red; flesh whitish, rather coarse, very juicy, subacid, aromatic; Oct.
Cardinal Georges d’Ambroise. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895.
Raised from Beurré Clairgeau crossed with Beurré Henri Courcelle. Fruit medium, curved, pyriform, the form of Beurré Clairgeau; flesh very fine, juicy, sugary; delicious; Nov. and Dec.
Carleton. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866.
This is one of the forty-five seedlings fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., between the years 1862 and 1866. Fruit large, obovate, light green; flesh melting, juicy, slightly acid; good bearer, markets well; Oct.
Carmel. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 134. 1920.