Raised from seed of the White Doyenné on the farm of a Mr. Collins in Watertown, Mass., and introduced in 1848. Fruit large, obovate, rather flattened, when ripe greenish-yellow, with a fine blush in the sun and speckled with russet dots; flesh white, fine, brisk, melting, juicy, vinous, sweet; good; Sept. and Oct.
Colmar. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:222, Pl. L. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:572, fig. 1867.
A highly esteemed pear of ancient and probably Belgian origin. Merlet mentions it in 1690 and La Quintinye in 1730. Fruit above medium, obtuse-pyriform, smooth, pale green changing to yellow-ochre on ripening and sometimes washed with pale red on the side exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine, semi-melting, watery, tender, with a rich, sugary flavor; juice very abundant, acidulous, and deliciously perfumed; first; Nov. to Mar.
Colmar d’Alost 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:574, fig. 1867.
Raised from a seed bed made in 1840 by M. Hellinckx, a nurseryman at Alost, Bel. Fruit large, oblong, very obtuse, enlarged on one side, bright green in the shade, yellowish-green on the side exposed to the sun, dotted with brown specks and covered with patches of fawn; flesh white, fine, semi-melting, juicy, gritty at the center, sweet, vinous, acidulous, savory: first; Oct. and Nov.
Colmar d’Arenberg. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:3, fig. 1855. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:575, fig. 1867.
Attributed to Van Mons and thought to have originated in 1821. Fruit very large; form rather variable, obovate, uneven and bossed in outline, yellow-ochre on the shaded side and russeted on the exposed face; flesh yellowish-white, semi-melting, juicy, sweet, slightly aromatic; a handsome but coarse pear; Oct.
Colmar Artoisenet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:577, fig. 1867.
Found by Simon Bouvier in the garden of M. Artoisenet at Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit medium to above, turbinate-obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted and marbled with gray-russet on the shady side and entirely stained with fawn on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting; juice rather wanting, little sugar, delicate; second; Nov.
Colmar d’Automne Nouveau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:578, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:45, fig. 503. 1881.