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THE PEAR. 
basin. Skin yellow, inclining to russet, sometimes with a s unny 
cheek, thickly covered with dots which become crimson on the 
exposed side. Flesh rather coarse, slightly granular, buttery, 
melting. Flavour rich, sugary, vinous. September. 
Columbia. 
Columbian Virgalieu. Columbia Yirgalouse. 
The original tree grows on the farm of Mr. Casser, in West- 
diester Co., New York. The tree grows upright, with stout 
brownish-yellow shoots. This fine pear was first brought into 
notice a few years since, by Bloodgood & Co., of Flushing. 
Young wood stout, upright, yellowish-brown. 
Fruit large, regularly formed, obovate, usually a little oblong, 
and always broadest in the middle. Skin smooth and fair pale- 
green in autumn, but when ripe, of a fine golden-yellow with 
occasionally a soft orange tinge on its cheek, and dotted with 
small grey dots. Stalk rather more than an inch long, slightly 
curved, placed towards one side of a narrow depression. Calyx 
of medium size, partially open, set in a very shallow basin. 
Flesh white, not very fine grained, but melting, juicy, with a 
sweet, aromatic flavour. November to January. Very apt to drop 
from the tree previous to ripening. 
Collins. Hov. Mag. 
■Watertown. 
Raised by A. Collins of Watertown, Mass., and first exhibited 
before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1848. . Tree 
of moderate growth, with reddish shoots. 
Fruit medium, regularly obovate, inclining to turbinate. Skin 
greenish-yellow, with russet spots, and frequently a blush on the 
sunny side. Stalk short, thick, inserted at an inclination with- 
out cavity. Calyx small, and very little sunk. Flesh fine, 
melting, juicy, with a brisk, sugary flavour, resembling white 
Doyenne. Ripens first of October. 
Colmar d’Alost. Bel. Hort. 
Comtesse d’Alost. Duchesse d’Alost. 
Delices dAlost. 
jm. xjtixgian variety. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Fruit large, elongated-pyriform, sometimes obovate. Skin 
greenish-yellow, with a red cheek, sprinkled with many green 
or brown dots, often much russeted. Stalk large, rather long 
and curved, inserted in a slight depression. Calyx open, seg- 
ments long, basin shallow and uneven. Flesh white, buttery, 
melting, juicy, slightly astringent. October, November. 
