HE name, Colmar, was applied to a French 
Pear, which Quintinye, the celebrated horticul- 
turist, described in terms of praise more than 
two hundred years ago. He designated it the 
“Pear of Colmar,” it having, doubtless, been named after the 
French town so called. Passe, is not given to signify that 
the Pear, here figured, is superior in quality to the old Colmar; 
but from its surpassing hardiness, and prolific habit, either 
trained or otherwise. Like almost every superior fruit, it has 
several other names, as Colmar Epineux, Colmar gris, Chap- 
man's Pear, &c. The latter name was given it by a nursery- 
man, in the neighbourhood of London, who obtained grafts of 
