Clark. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:518. 1853. 2. Ibid. 24:126. 1858.
Origin uncertain; cultivated in Hartford, Conn. The pear “bears a good deal of resemblance in form, texture, flavor and seed to the Autumn Bergamot of Col. Carr.” Fruit above medium, short-pyriform or turbinate, as broad as it is high; flesh rather coarse, very tender, melting, juicy, with a refreshing and agreeable flavor; desirable; Oct.
Clarksville. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 134. 1920.
Original tree about 90 years old. Introduced by Sunny Slope Nursery, Hannibal, Mo.
Claude Blanchet. 1. Guide Prat. 54. 1895. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 405. 1908.
A gain of Claude Blanchet, Vienne, Fr., and listed in the Journal de la Societe Nationale et Centrale d’Horticulture de France in 1883. Fruit small or medium; ovate-obtuse and rather swelled, green washed with yellow; flesh whitish, semi-fine, juicy, sugary and acidulous; good; Aug.
Claude Mollet. 1. Guide Prat. 90. 1876.
Fruit large, oval-shortened; first; Aug. and Sept.
Clay. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5. 1843. 2. Mag. Hort. 11:437. 1845. 3. Downing. Fr. Trees Am. 721. 1869.
One of Governor Edwards’ seedlings, exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1843. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, sometimes pyriform, waxen-yellow, blushed with crimson and sprinkled with brown or crimson dots; flesh whitish, rather coarse, granular, juicy, sweet; good; Oct.