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THE PEAR. 
Colmar d’Ete. Thomp. Bivort. 
Colmar Pr6coce. 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. 0 . 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 FI. 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, gradual^, 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. Yan 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. 
Yan 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. 
