344 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Colmar Neill. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884. 



From a seed bed made by Van Mons in 181 5. Fruit very large, obovate, smooth, 

 glossy, pale yellow, sprinkled all over with russety dots and stained with some markings 

 of cinnamon-colored russet; flesh white, buttery, sweet, juicy, vinous and of a musky 

 flavor; good to very good; Oct. 

 Colmar Sirand. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:178, fig. 570. 1881. 2. Guide Prat. 63. 1895. 



From a seed bed of Winter Nelis made in 1856 by M. Pariset, Curciat-Dongalon, 

 Department Ain, Fr. Fruit medium, globular-pyriform ; skin thin and tender, pale green, 

 with brown dots, yellow when ripe; flesh slightly yellow, fine, melting, having a decided 

 scent of musk and rose; first; Dec. 

 Colmar Van Mons. 1. Kcnrick Am. Orch. 192. 1832. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884. 



Colmar des I nvalides. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:584, fig. 1867. 4. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 725. 1890. 



Raised at Enghien, Bel., in 1808 by M. Duquesne, a friend of Van Mons. Fruit 

 medium, globular-turbinate, irregular; skin thick, dark green changing to yellow-green and 

 washed with red on the side of the sun; flesh yellowish, buttery and melting, gritty about 

 the core; juice watery; a cooking pear; Nov. to Jan. 



Colmart. 1. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 200. 1817. 2. Ragan A'owi. Pear, B. P. I. Bid. 126:83. 

 1908. 



An old variety resembling Bon-Chrdtien d'Hiver. Fruit large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform ; 

 stalk planted in a deep hollow, bossed; skin smooth, green, dotted with brown spots, 

 inclines to yellow on maturity; flesh yellowish, very fine, buttery and melting; juice very 

 sweet and sprightly; Jan. to Apr. 



Coloma Canneliterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:12. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nam. 

 Pom. 197. 1889. 



One of Count Coloma's Belgian seedlings, 1828. Fruit medium, conic, covered all 

 over with dark brown-russet, with a dark blush when ripe; good for transportation; Dec. 

 Colorado Seedless. 1. Stark Bros. Cat. 30. 1913. 



Originated near Paonia, Col. Tree vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive; fruit large, 

 obovate-obtuse-pyriform; skin smooth, dull greenish-yellow, with green and russet dots 

 and a distinct reddish blush; core small; seeds few, usually abortive; flesh yellowish-white, 

 rather fine-grained, tender, melting, juicy, aromatic; good; Oct. 



Coloree de Juillet. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:43, fig. 20. 1866-73. 2 - Leroy Diet. Pom. 

 1:389, fig. 1867. 



Obtained by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., about 1857. Fruit medium, ovate, regular; 

 skin oily, bright yellow, dotted with gray and dark red, vermilion on the side next the 

 sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine and semi-breaking; juice never abundant, sweetish, wanting 

 in sugar and perfume; second; July. 

 Columbia. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 725. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884. 



The original tree grew on the farm of a Mr. Casser, Westchester County, N. Y. Fruit 

 large, oblong-obovate, smooth, fine, pale green or golden-yellow when ripe, with sometimes 

 a soft orange tinge on its cheek and dotted with small, gray dots; flesh white, buttery, 

 melting, sweet, perfumed; hardly good; Nov. to Jan. 



