PEARS. 



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PASSE COLMAR. Pr. oat. Van Mons. N. Duh. 

 Pom. mag. Lond. hort. trans. 



Fo„dante de Panisel, ) ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^ 

 Fotre precel, ^ 



Passe Colmar epineux, ) ^^^^^ ^ond. Hort. Soc. cat. 

 Colmar epineux, ^ 



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

 Beurre colmar gris, dite Precel, } ^^^^^ ^^^^^ g^^^ ^^^^ 

 Chapman s, ^ 

 Colmar reid, \ 



Colmar Preul, / various European and American 



Preul s colmar, > . , ^ 



„ , ( catalogues. 



Passe colmar vineux, W ^ 



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 theit- 

 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 ( I 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- 



