258 WINTER PEARS. 



Colmar. Medium in size, or large, pyriform, obtuse ; skin 

 smooth, pale greenish yellow, becoming light yellow ; 

 stalk an inch and a half long, rather stout, bent, cavity 

 often uneven ; basin wide, deep ; flesh half buttery, melt- 

 ing, juicy, rich about second-rate. Early winter. Bark 

 of the tree very rough. 



Jaminette. (Syn. Josephine.) Medium or rather large, 

 obovate-pyriform, approaching obovate, small specimens 

 roundish turbinate, varying ; crown broad ; skin yellow- 

 ish-green, with some brownish russet ; dots numerous, 

 often confluent ; stalk three-fourths to an inch long, thick, 

 cavity little or none ; calyx small, erect, stiff; basin round, 

 even ; flesh juicy, melting, buttery, sweet, of good second- 

 rate flavor. Late autumn and early winter. Origin, Metz, 



in France. 



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Las Canas. Size medium, regular pyriform, somewhat ob- 

 conic ; neck tapering into the stalk ; skin yellow, some- 

 times sprinkled with thin russet, rarely with russet blotch- 

 es, dots small and numerous ; stalk an inch long ; calyx 

 slightly sunk ; flesh juicy, melting, good, nearly first- 

 rate. 



Passe Colmar. (Syn. Colmar Souverain, Colmar Harden- 

 pont, Colmar Gris.) Medium or rather large ; skin yel- 

 lowish green, becoming pale yellow, often lightly sprinkled 

 with russet ; stalk an inch and a quarter long, cavity ob- 

 tuse or none, calyx erect, basin moderate ; flesh fine- 

 grained, buttery, juicy, sweet, rich, and when well 

 grown and ripened, of excellent, first-rate flavor but 

 when overloaded, with small, badly matured fruit, the 

 quality rs worthless. The tree overbears, and 'the fruit 

 needs thorough thinning. Leaves rather small, nearly 

 flat. Early winter. Belgian. 



Vicompte de Spoelberch. Medium or rather large, obovate- 

 pyriform, somewhat obconic; skin slightly rough, yellow, 

 with a purplish blotched cheek to the sun, very slightly 

 russeted ; stalk an inch and a fourth long, stout, curved ; 

 basin round, shallow ; calyx erect, short ; flesh buttery, 

 melting, rich, fine. Needs high cultivation to develope its 

 fine qualities. Early winter. Belgian. 



