Comte de Paris. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 727. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 553. 1884.
A Van Mons seedling. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-obtuse, yellowish-green thickly dotted all over with large, gray-russet dots and patches, with an orange blush next the sun; flesh yellowish, juicy, brisk, sweet, aromatic; good; Oct. to Dec.
Comtesse d’Alost. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:594, fig. 1867.
Origin uncertain, but it was being cultivated in France in 1840 and in Germany in 1854. Fruit medium, long-conic, rough to the touch, russeted, finely dotted with gray and partially covered with large, longitudinal stains; flesh yellowish-white, close-grained, very melting; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous and having a very aromatic savor; first; Nov.
Comtesse de Chambord. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:13, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:596, fig. 1867.
From seeds of Winter Nelis sown in 1847 by President Parigot, Poitiers, Depart. Vienne, Fr., and fruited for the first time in 1855. Fruit medium and above, obovate-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough, wrinkled, very bright green, sprinkled with dots of greenish-gray, brilliant yellow on the side touched by the sun, and sometimes washed with bright red; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, very melting, buttery, gritty at core; juice most abundant, sugary, refreshing, vinous and delicately aromatic; first; Nov. and Dec.
Comtesse Clara Frijs. 1. Guide Prat. 91. 1876. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 198. 1889.
Danish. Fruit medium to large, pale yellow, dotted; flesh white, melting, juicy, sugary, perfumed; good; Aug.
Comtesse de Grailly. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:165, fig. 83. 1872.