PEARS. 



PASSE COLMAR. PR. CAT. VAN MONS. N. Dun. 



POM. MAG. LOND. HORT. TRANS. 



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Passe colmar gris, dit Precel. Lond. Hort. Trans. 

 Beurrt colmar gris, dite Freed, \ T , , 

 Chapman's, \ Lond. U 



Colmar reul, \ 



Prwte Colmar, (. of vari . ous Euro P ean and American 



Passe colmar vineux, ( catalogues. 



Beurre d'Argenson? ) 



Napoleon, of some American gardens. 



This fine Flemish variety has been more extensively culti- 

 vated in our country than any other from the same quarter,, 

 grafts having been sent some years since from the London 

 Horticultural Society, and several trees having been received 

 by the author about the same time from the vicinity of their 

 place of origin. The following description is extracted from 

 the Pomological Magazine. 



" From its ripening late, bearing most abundantly, and pos- 

 sessing a peculiarly rich and agreeable flavour, this pear has 

 become a universal favourite, and deservedly. It was raised in 

 Flanders by a Mr. Hardenpont (? d'Ardempont, Auth.) to 

 whom, in conjunction with Dr. Van Mons and some others of 

 his countrymen, we are indebted for several very excellent va- 

 rieties of the pear. This is a most abundant bearer, either as 

 a standard or upon a wall ; the trees make fine clean wood, 

 and have not been observed to have the least canker ; the fruit 

 has the flavour and form of the Colmar, whence its name. 



" Wood fine clear yellow brown, sprinkled with a few pale 

 brown spots ; leaves small, oval, tapering to both ends, erect 

 or spreading, nearly flat, not waved, with a finely toothed mar- 

 gin ; stalks rather slender, about an inch in length ; stipules 

 linear, sometimes rather more than half the length of the pe- 



