PLATE LX. 
3. COLMAR VAN MONS. 
[Syn : Colmar des Invalides ; Invalides ; Beurre de Printemps. ] 
This pear was raised by M. Duquesne, at Enghein, in 1880, and was named by him Colmar 
Van Mons. It appears under this name in Van Mons Catalogue, 2nd series, No. 52, “ par M. 
Duquesne.” 
Description. —Fruit: above medium size, pyramidal, irregular and uneven on its surface. 
Skin : thick dark green, changing to yellowish green as it ripens, but so much covered with brown 
russet that none of the ground colour is visible, except a little on the shaded side, which is also 
speckled with russet. Eye : small and open, full of stamens, with short, erect, dry, rigid segments, 
and set in a small round cavity. Stalk : Three quarters of an inch long, inserted on the one side of 
the summit in a narrow cavity. Flesh : yellowish, firm, with a watery juice. 
This is an excellent pear for culinary purposes, and is in season from November to January. 
The tree grows freely and bears well as an orchard tree on the pear, or a dwarf standard 
on the quince stock. 
