Named by Oberdieck, who received it unnamed from Van Mons. Fruit medium, globular-conic, green, with numerous very small, brown dots changing to dull lemon-yellow on maturity; flesh whitish, semi-fine, buttery; juice plentiful, sweet and delicately perfumed; good; winter.
Colmar-Hirondelles. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:151, fig. 76. 1872.
A product of the Van Mons seed beds, catalogued in 1823. Fruit medium, pyriform and somewhat swelled around the middle, green, speckled with brown dots, changing to bright lemon-yellow on ripening, the exposed side being blushed with a beautiful red; flesh yellow, semi-fine, semi-melting; juice abundant, sugary, vinous and slightly perfumed; second.
Colmar de Jonghe. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 724. 1869. 2. Guide Prat. 72. 1895.
J. de Jonghe of Belgium originated this variety and said of it, “Tree hardy, robust, vigorous and productive, rather upright; young wood nut brown, with a few gray specks.” Fruit medium, pyriform, bright yellowish-green, washed with brown; flesh yellowish, very fine, semi-melting, juicy, perfumed; first; Sept. and Oct.
Colmar de Mars. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:586, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:139, fig. 262. 1879.
Grown from seed by M. Nerad, Jr., nurseryman at Lyons, Fr., in 1853. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, golden-yellow, dotted, veined and slightly rayed with russet; flesh yellowish, fine, firm though melting, scented; juice abundant, refreshing, sugary, savory and having a slight taste of musk; first; May.
Colmar du Mortier. 1. Guide Prat. 89. 1895.
Fruit medium, ovate, bright lemon-yellow; flesh salmon, very fine, very melting, very sugary; first; Feb.
Colmar Navez. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:586, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884.