Watercolor of a green and red Comice pear above a pear cut in half, showing pale flesh and a seed, on white.

Small watercolor of a whole Comice pear above a halved pear, centered on a white panel. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 202 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Pear, 'Comice'

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Ellen Isham Schutt's 1913 watercolor shows a Comice pear whole and halved, blushed red and green with soft buttery flesh. First grown in 1849 in Angers, France, the sweet Comice became the classic Christmas gift pear. For someone who loves good fruit and old botanical art.

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From the US Department of Agriculture's fruit paintings / PEAR, 'COMICE' / Pyrus communis / Doyenné du Comice was first grown in 1849 in the garden of the horticultural society of Angers, in France. Sweet and buttery, it is the classic Christmas gift pear. / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, 1913 / Painted by Ellen Isham Schutt in 1913 for the US Department of Agriculture, to record a fruit grown in America.

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