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and growing smaller at both ends, of a dull green colour, 

 with brownish-grey russet on the sunny side, but greenish- 

 yellow when it ripens, and paler yellow when ripened on 

 a wall. The eye is open, and slightly sunk in a narrow 

 basin, and the stalk is rather long, set in a narrow and 

 rather deep cavity. It is a mellow, delicious, sweet, 

 juicy pear, with a rich, fine flavour. It is ripe in Decem- 

 ber, and is in use until the end of January or February. 

 Other names are ]N"elis d'Hiver, Bonne de Malines, La 

 bonne Malinaise, Colmar Nelis, Etonneau, Fondante de 

 Malines, and Malinaise Cuvelier. It is a tree of pecu- 

 liarly slender, elegant growth, requiring support for the 

 branches when the crop is full, and the bark is very 

 smooth and clean in appearance. It grows well as a 

 standard, but in localities which are not very favour- 

 able of course the fruit is larger if the tree can have a 

 wall. It is hardy, a moderate grower, and a good bearer ; 

 it makes a good pyramid on the quince stock, or does 

 well for bush culture. It is scarcely of sufficiently 

 robust habit to form large orchard trees : for that pur- 

 pose it requires to be worked high up on some stronger- 

 growing kind. 



The Passe Colmar is a middle-sized, thick-made pear, 

 rather flattened at the top, green, turning yellowish 

 when ripe, sprinkled with russet, and, if exposed, tinged 

 with red. It has an uneven surface, with slight longi- 

 tudinal furrows from the stalk upwards. It is a juicy, 

 rich-flavoured, nice pear, in use in December and 

 January. It is an abundant bearer, either as a standard 

 or on a wall ; and if it have a wall, an east or south-east 

 aspect will do. 



The Beurre d'Aremberg is an excellent pear ; one that 

 no garden should be without. It is rather large, bossy 

 in shape, largest in the middle, pale green with russet 

 markings, changing to a yellow tinge when ripe. The 

 fruit is particularly delicious ; it is firm, juicy, sweet, free 

 from grittiness, and very rich and excellent in flavour. 

 It is one of our best keeping pears, and is in use from 

 December to February. The eye is small, the stalk of 

 medium length, strong, straight, and set in an angular 



