Cavelier de la Salle. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895.
Raised from seed of Olivier de Serres fertilized with Vice-President Delbée; described in 1895 as a new variety. Fruit medium, having the appearance of Olivier de Serres; flesh extra fine, juicy, sugary, delicious, agreeably perfumed; Dec. Tree rather vigorous and very fertile, forming beautiful pyramids.
Cedarmere. 1. Horticulturist 18:279, fig. 1863. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 716. 1869.
Raised from seed by William C. Bryant, the poet, at his country seat at Roslyn, N. Y., about 1860. Fruit small, globular-obovate, sides unequal, pale greenish-yellow, with small russet dots and nettings; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, fine-grained, aromatic; very good; Aug.
Cels Butterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:113. 1856.
A Van Mons seedling, 1804. Fruit medium, long, obtuse, golden-yellow, washed with reddish-brown; Sept.
Century. 1. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 77. 1883.
Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kan., before the Missouri Horticultural Society in 1883 stated that the Century pear had stood over a hundred years at its home in Pennsylvania, had borne well and at that time showed no blight or disease. He also said it appeared to be blight-proof at Carthage, Mo.
Cerise Brune. 1. Guide Prat. 89. 1895.
Fruit medium, regular in form, greenish, passing into yellow at maturity, speckled with brown dots; flesh white, rather astringent, with a savor at once sour and sweet; July and Aug.