/2i THE PEAR. 



often with a lip. Caljx small, closed. Basin furrowed. Flesh whitish, 

 coarse, juicy, melting, brisk, vinous. Good. September, October. 



COLMAR d'AlOST, 

 Delices d'Alost. 



A Belgian Pear, said to have originated with M. Hellinck in 1840. 

 young wood dark olive brown. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, brown- 

 ish in the sun. Flesh white, half melting, juicy, gritty at core, sweet, 

 vinous. Good. October, November. 



CoLMAR d'ArEMBERG. 



Kartofel. Cartofel. 



A large Belgian Pear, mainly to be valued for its size and for cook- 

 ing- 

 Fruit large to very large, roundish obtuse pyriform. Skin green, 

 becoming yellow at maturity, with nettings of russet and dots. Flesh 

 wliitisb, half fine, granulous, sweet, vinous. Good. November, De- 

 cember. 



COLMAR d'AuTOMNE NoUVEAU. 



Received from France. Tree vigorous. Young shoots light yellow 

 brown. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform, sometimes inclined. Skin pale yel- 

 low, sometimes a shade of crimson in the sun, partially patclied and net- 

 ted with traces of russet, and russet brown dots. Stalk long, incliiaed, 

 set in a small cavity, often by a lip. Calyx open. Segments long, recurv- 

 ed. Basin rather abrupt. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, rich, vinou*. 

 Very good. Last September. 



CoLMAR d'Ete. 

 Colmar Precoce. Autumn Colmar. 



A Belgian Pear, originated in 1825, and ranked high among foreign 

 pomologists ; here it proves only good, or rather poor, and rots at thti 

 core. 



Fruit medium, roundish obtuse pyriform. Skin greenish yellow, 

 sometimes a slight blush in sun, patches of russet, and bro-s\ai dots. 

 Stalk long, a little inclined, set in a small cavity. FJesh white, coarse, 

 astringent. Early in September. 



Colmar de Jonghe. 



Originated with M. J. De Jonghe, Belgium, and not having fruited 

 it, we copy from his description : — " Tree hardy, robust, vigorous, and 

 productive, rather upright. Young wood nut bro^^-n, with a few gj-ay 

 specks. 



" Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin greenish yellow, mostly covered wit)i 

 reddish brown blotches. Stalk thick, set without dppression. Calyx 

 open. Flesh white, fine, juicv, vinous, sweet, and aromatic. Septem- 

 oer." 



