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THE PEAR. 



COLMAR D'^TE. Thoinp. Bivort. 

 Colinar Precoce. Autumn Colmar. 



Fruit conic. Skin greenish-yellow. Stalk in a cavity. Calyx 

 open, in a moderate basin. Flesh coarse, juicy, little astringent; 

 rots at the core. First of September. 



COLMAR. O. Duh. Lind. Mill. 



De Maune. Incomparable. 

 Winter Virgalieu, (of some.) 



Fruit medium or large, obtuse-pyriform. Skin light yellow. 

 Flesh melting, half buttery, juicy, sweet. December. 



COLMAR EPINE. Van Mons. Man. in H. M. 



An agreeable, juicy pear, sent to this country by Van Mons, 

 and originated by him. Young shoots stout, upright, brown. 



" Fruit large, roundish-oblong, tapering, gradually, to an ob- 

 tuse point at the stem, which is one inch long; colour greenish- 

 yellow ; flesh white, sweet, melting, juicy, and good." Middle 

 of September. 



COLMAR D'AREMBERG. 



Kartofel. Cartofel. 



Fruit large, turbinate, pyriform. Skin green, becoming yel- 

 low ; unworthy of cultivation as a table fruit. November. 



COMPRETTE. Van Mons. 



A Flemish seedling. 



Fruit small, obtuse-pyriform. Skin yellowish-green. Flesh white, 

 buttery, with a sugary perfumed juice. October, November. 



COMSTOCK. 

 Comstock "Wilding. 



Fruit of medium size, regularly formed, obovate. Skin smooth 

 and glossy, bright yellow, with a crimson cheek. Flesh white, 

 crisp, and if well ripened, with a sweet and sprightly flavour. 

 November. 



COMMODORE. Man. in Hov. Mag. 

 Van Mons, No. 1218. 



A Belgian seedling. Branches slender. 



Fruit medium, very regular-obovate. Skin yellow, marked 

 with a little red, some russet in patches. Flesh buttery, melt- 

 ing, with a sweet and good flavour. Last of October to last 

 of November. 



