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- 

 inor, 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- 

 ij^h-green, with some brownish russet ; dots n-imerous, 

 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 ;v inter. Origin, Metz, 

 in France. 



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, sometimes cood, second rate. 

 Fig. 217. 



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 is worthless. The tree overbears, and the fruit 

 needs thorough thinning. Leaves rather small, nearly 

 flat. Early winter. Belgian. Fig^. 218. 



Ficompte de Spoelberch. Medium or rather large, obovate- 

 pyriform, somewhat obconic; skin slightly rough, yellow, 

 with a purplish blotched cheek to the sim, 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. 



