344 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Colmar Neill. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884. 
From a seed bed made by Van Mons in 1815. 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. 18095. 
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. Kenrick Am. Orch. 192. 1832. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884. 
Colmar des Invalides. 3. Leroy Dict. 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 Nom. Pear, B. P.I. Bul. 126:83. 
1908. 
An old variety resembling Bon-Chrétien 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 Carmeliterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:12. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. 
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. 
Colorée de Juillet. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:43, fig. 20. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 
1:580, 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. 
