Leaf-buds small, short, conical, pointed, plump, appressed; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves 2-1/2 in. long, 1-1/2 in. wide, stiff; apex taper-pointed; margin glandular, finely serrate; petiole 1-1/2 in. long. Flower-buds short, obtuse or conical, plump, free; flowers showy, 1-1/4 in. across, in dense clusters, average 5 buds in a cluster; pedicels 7/8 in. long, slender, pubescent. Fruit ripens in August; medium in size, 2-3/8 in. long, 2-1/4 in. wide, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, with unequal sides; stem 1-1/4 in. long, thick; cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, compressed, lipped or often drawn up in a wrinkled fold about the base of the stem; calyx open; lobes separated at the base, narrow, acuminate; basin obtuse, gently furrowed; skin thick, tough, roughish; color pale greenish-yellow, with a dull reddish-brown blush spreading over the exposed cheek; dots numerous, very small, greenish-russet, conspicuous; flesh whitish, granular especially at the center, medium tender, juicy, aromatic, sweet but vinous; quality good. Core small, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds small, narrow, short, plump, acute. [Illustration: LAMY] LAMY =1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear_, _B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:161. 1908. _Comte de Lamy._ =2.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 141. 1841. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 371, fig. 158. 1845. =4.= _Gard. Chron._ 20, fig. 1846. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 727. 1869. =6.= _Jour. Hort._ N. S. =38=:359, fig. 52. 1880. =7.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 553. 1884. _Poire Dingler._ =8.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =2=:69, Pl. 1854. _Beurré Curtet._ =9.= _Pom. France_ =2=: No. 77, Pl. 77. 1864. =10.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:341, figs. 1867. =11.= _Guide Prat._ 65, 243. 1876. _Curtet's Butterbirne._ =12.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 200. 1889. As the history shows, this is an old European pear which had its probationary period in America many years ago, and which never got out of the limbo of nurserymen's catalogs and collections. On the grounds of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, however, the pears are so handsome and so delectable in quality that the variety seems quite worth while describing and illustrating among the major sorts. It is a splendid pear for the home orchard, but the tree is not large nor robust enough for a commercial plantation. A few nurserymen still list it. This variety was raised from seed about 1828 by M. Bouvier, Jodoigne, Belgium. It was first named _Beurré Curtet_ in honor of M. Curtet, a physician and professor at Brussels. The London Horticultural Society first obtained the variety under the name _Comte de Lamy_, by which name it has best been known in England. Lamy was early introduced to America where trees have long been found in collections.