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stout, curved, and inserted obliquely in an uneven cavity. Flesh, 

 greenish white, buttery, melting, tender, and with a rich sugary 

 flavour. 



An old and highly esteemed dessert pear ; ripening in succession 

 from November to February or March. The tree is hardy and vigorous, 

 and requires to be grown against a wall, otherwise the fruit becomes 

 shrivelled and insipid. Mr. Blackmore says that at Teddington it is 

 not worth growing. 



This seems to have made its appearance about the same time as the Chaumontel, 

 for Merlet says it has not been long about Paris, and is yet pretty rare ; but so 

 good a fruit cannot be long in a few hands. 



COLMAR D'AREMBERG (Ardente de Printemps ; D'Arenberg; 

 Colmar Artokenet; Fondante de Jaffard Kartoffel). Fruit, very 

 large ; obovate, uneven, and bossed in its outline. Skin, lemon- 

 coloured, marked with spots and patches of russet. Eye, rather small, 

 and partially closed, set in a very deep round cavity. Stalk, short, 

 and rather slender, deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish white, coarse- 

 grained, half-melting, juicy, and briskly flavoured. 



A fine-looking but very coarse pear ; ripe in October. 



Raised by Van Mons about the year 1821. 



Colmar Artoisenet. See Colmar d'Aremberg. 

 Colmar Bonnet. See Passe Colmar. 



COLMAR BRETAGNE. Fruit, medium size; pyramidal, swollen 

 on one side. Skin, smooth, deep, clear yellow, tinged with green on 

 the shaded side, and bright vermilion next the sun, covered all over 

 with minute russety dots. Eye, open, with erect, dry segments, pro- 

 minent, and surrounded with plaits. Stalk, half an inch to three- 

 quarters long, fleshy, inserted without depression on one side of the 

 apex. Flesh, sweet, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly flavoured. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in October. I met with this variety at the 

 gardens of the Caledonian Horticultural Society in Edinburgh, where 

 the tree grows vigorously and bears abundantly. 



COLMAR CHARNI (Colmar Charnay}. Fruit, about medium size, 

 three inches long, and two and a half wide ; oval. Skin, yellowish, 

 dotted and marbled with cinnamon-coloured russet, and with a red 

 blush on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow 

 depression. Stalk, over an inch long, slender, and inserted in a round 

 cavity. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, sweet, and with a pleasant aroma. 



A good but not a richly flavoured pear ; ripe in January, and con- 

 tinuing in use till March. 



COLMAR DELAHAUT. Fruit, below medium size; curved pyri- 

 form. Skin, greenish yellow, covered with patches and dots of pale 



