Cloche de Wittenberg. 1. Guide Prat. 90. 1876.
Fruit large, turbinate-obovate, dark lemon-yellow, lightly washed with red; flesh breaking; for kitchen use; Oct. and Nov.
Coit Beurré. 1. Horticulturist 19:110, figs. 1, 2. 1864. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 722, fig. 1869.
Raised by Colonel Coit, near Cleveland, O. Fruit medium, obovate inclining to pyriform, yellow, deeply covered with russet, covered with dots which become crimson on exposed side, cheek often crimson; flesh buttery, juicy, spicy, melting, rich, vinous; very good; Sept. and Oct.
Cole. 1. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:239. 1903.
Originated at Detroit, Kan., and variously known as Cole’s Seedless, Cole’s Pear, Cole’s Coreless and Cole’s Seedless and Coreless. Fruit medium, globular approaching acute-pyriform; color lemon-yellow, thickly sprinkled with minute russet dots; stem medium long, stout, inserted in a very small cavity; calyx small, open, in a small, shallow basin; flesh white, a little granular, moderately juicy, sweet, pleasant aroma; good. Often sold as “seedless” but frequently shows seeds.
Cole Winter. 1. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 37. 1895.
Received from Horticultural Gardens, Victoria, Australia, by T. J. Garden, Gardenia, Va. Fruit medium, short, pyriform, having a well-defined suture-like groove running from stem to calyx; color yellow, russeted; stem medium, in a small cavity; calyx large, open; flesh white, tender, melting, juicy, sprightly; very good; autumn.
Collins. 1. Mag. Hort. 17:255, fig. 261. 1851. 2. Ibid. 18:149. 1852.