Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



445 



partially closed, and little sunk in a furrowed basin ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx long, narrow, pointed : Fleshy yellowish, 

 coarse, tender and juicy : Flavor , sweet, pleasantly perfumed, 



Fig. 38. Vailed FrancJie Pear. 



and good : Core, large : Seeds, medium size. Ripe in August 

 and September. 



Like most pears of thia season, they should be gathered and 

 ripened in the fruit-room. 



118. Passe Colmar. Pom. Mag., vol, II, pi. 64. 



Passe Colmar Epineaux, 



Colmar Epineaux, 



Colmar Gris, 



Passe Colmar Gris, 



Passe Colmar gris dit Precel, 



>■ Hort. See, Cat., 3d Ed., 1842. 



