An old variety resembling Bon-Chrétien d’Hiver. Fruit large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform; stalk planted in a deep hollow, bossed; skin smooth, green, dotted with brown spots, inclines to yellow on maturity; flesh yellowish, very fine, buttery and melting; juice very sweet and sprightly; Jan. to Apr.
Coloma Carmeliterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ Obstkunde 2:12. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 197. 1889.
One of Count Coloma’s Belgian seedlings, 1828. Fruit medium, conic, covered all over with dark brown-russet, with a dark blush when ripe; good for transportation; Dec.
Colorado Seedless. 1. Stark Bros. Cat. 30. 1913.
Originated near Paonia, Col. Tree vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive; fruit large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform; skin smooth, dull greenish-yellow, with green and russet dots and a distinct reddish blush; core small; seeds few, usually abortive; flesh yellowish-white, rather fine-grained, tender, melting, juicy, aromatic; good; Oct.
Colorée de Juillet. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:43, fig. 20. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:589, fig. 1867.
Obtained by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., about 1857. Fruit medium, ovate, regular; skin oily, bright yellow, dotted with gray and dark red, vermilion on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine and semi-breaking; juice never abundant, sweetish, wanting in sugar and perfume; second; July.
Columbia. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 725. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 552. 1884.
The original tree grew on the farm of a Mr. Casser, Westchester County, N. Y. Fruit large, oblong-obovate, smooth, fine, pale green or golden-yellow when ripe, with sometimes a soft orange tinge on its cheek and dotted with small, gray dots; flesh white, buttery, melting, sweet, perfumed; hardly good; Nov. to Jan.