446 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



)■ Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed., 1842. 



Beurre Colmar gris dit Precel, " 



Precel, 



Fondante de Panisel, 



Fondante de Mons, 



Colmar Hardenpont, 



D'Ananas, 



Present de Malines, 



Marotte Sucre6 Jaune, 



Souveraine, 



Colmar Souveraine, 



Gambler, 



Cellite, 



Colmar Preul, 



Colmar Dor6, 



Beurr6 d'Argenson, 



Regentin, 



Chapman's, 



Passe Colmar Dor6 ? of some English Catalogues 



J 



Few pears can claim so high a character as the Passe 

 Colmar, {fg. 39.) When well grown and properly ripened, 

 we have thought that no pear of its season, or, we might 

 perhaps say, of any season, could surpass it. Jt possesses a 

 flesh of honied richness, combined with an agreeable aroma, 

 and at its season of maturing, in January, is one of the best 

 of pears. 



The multitude of synonymes above quoted, is the best evi- 

 dence of its superiority. Grown under favorable circum- 

 stances of soil and locality, it has received a new name, as it 

 has passed out of the hands of various cultivators, until the 

 synonymes have become more numerous than those of any 

 other pear, except the Doyenne Blanc. Some English nurse- 

 rymen still insist that there are two distinct sorts, which they 

 call the Passe Colmar and Passe Colmar Dore ; but, having 

 fruited them both in our collection, we are inclined to be- 

 lieve they are alike, and have, accordingly, placed the latter 

 among the other synonymes. It was raised by M. Harden- 

 pont, of Belgium. The Passe Colmar is a most abundant 

 bearer, and the fruit is often small, on account of its not 

 being early and judiciously thinned ; and when this is neg- 

 lected, the pears do not attain their full size, and, in ripening, 

 shrivel and become nearly worthless. From this circum- 



