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THE PEAR. 



covered with brown russet. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a 

 small wide cavity. Culyx small, open, set in a shallow, plaited 

 basin. Flesh gritty, white, crisp, juicy, and breaking, with a 

 very sweet, rich flavour. In deep, warm, and favourable soils, 

 it is sometimes highly excellent. November and December. 



223. NE PLUS MEURIS. Thomp. 



This is a Belgian pear, one of Dr. Van Mons J seedlings, 

 named in allusion to Pierre Meuris, his gardener at Brussels, 

 when his garden there was about to be destroyed. It is an 

 unprepossessing looking, uneven, dull russet fruit, but keeps 

 admirably, and in February and March, is really of very fine 

 flavour. The tree grows upright, has short-jointed, olive co- 

 loured shoots, and bears in thick bunches or clusters. 



Fruit medium or rather small, roundish, usually very ir- 

 regular, with swollen parts on the surface. Skin rough, dull 

 yellowish-brown, partially covered with iron-coloured russet. 

 Stalk quite short, set without depression, in a small cavity. 

 Flesh yellowish-white, buttery, melting, with a sugary, and 

 very agreeable flavour. January to March. 



224. PASSE COLMAR. Lind. Thomp. P. Mag. 



Passe Colmar Epineaux. 



Colmar Gris. 



Passe Colmar Gris. 



Beurre Colmar Gris, dit precel. 



Precel. 



Fondante de Panisel. 



Fondante de Mora. 



Beurre d'Argenson. 



Regintin. 



Chapman's. 



ac. to 

 Thomp. 



Colmar Hardenpont. 



Present de Malines. 



Marotte Sucree Jaune. 



Souverain. 



Colmar Souveraine. 



Gambier. 



Cellite. 



Colmar Preule 



Colmar Doree. 



D' Ananas, (of some.) 



The Passe Colmar is a Belgian pear of comparatively recent 

 origin, raised by the counsellor Hardenpont. It is a fruit of the 

 first quality ; and has become one of the most popular winter 

 pear in the middle states, on account of its excellent flavour, 

 vigorous growth, and abundant bearing. It grows indeed al- 

 most too thrifty, making long, bending shoots, and owing to this 

 over-luxuriance, the fruit is often second rate on young trees. 

 This should, therefore, be checked by occasional root-pruning, 

 or cutting off the leading roots with a sharp spade. The young 

 shoots are of a lively brownish-yellow, and the tree frequently 

 bears a second crop of fruit on its after growth.* It is every 

 way superiour to the old Colmar. 



* To insure fine fruit of the Passe Colmar, prune or thin out half the fruit- 

 pun in the month of March. 



