Comte de Flandres. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:592, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 727. 1869. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884.
A seedling of Van Mons though it did not bear fruit till 1843. Fruit very large, obtuse-pyriform, mammillate at each end, rough to the touch, yellowish-green, heavily covered with cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine, extremely melting, juicy, perfumed, sugary, quite devoid of seeds; of the highest merit; Oct. to Dec.
Comte de Lambertye. 1. Rev. Hort. 542. 1894. 2. Guide Prat. 89. 1895.
From seed of the Beurré Superfin sown by M. Tourasse; exhibited at Paris and Lyons in 1894, and obtained from the Pomological Congress of Lyons a first class certificate. Fruit globular-turbinate, blonde or light colored, dusted over with golden russet; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sprightly; Sept. and Oct.
Comte Lelieur. 1. Guide Prat. 47. 1895. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 305, fig. 189. 1908.
Gained by Ernest Baltet, nurseryman at Troyes, Fr., in 1865. Fruit rather large, globular-oval, yellow, dotted with fawn and washed with carmine; flesh fine, very juicy, sugary, with a delicious aroma; first; Sept. and Oct.
Comte de Meladore. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871.
One of a collection of forty-two new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellow, with reddened cheek; flesh white, fine-grained, tolerably juicy.
Comte de Morny. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871.
Exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder among a collection of 42 new varieties of pears at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. Fruit medium, short-acute-pyriform, yellowish, with a red cheek a little obscured with russet; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, sweet and high flavored.