THE PASSE-COLMAR PEA R .
Passe colmar 7 Mons, Arbres Fruit, p. 373.
Fondante de Panisel '
Passe-colmar. Hort. Trans, voi. v, p. 410. Fruit Cat.
no. 450.
Passe-colmar épineux ^ Van Mons, Arb. Fr. p. 373. Hort.
Colmar épineux . . . . 3 Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 452.
Poire-Precel. Van Mons, Arb. Fr. p. 374.
Passe-colmar gris, dit Precel. Hort. Trans, voi. v. p. 410.
Fruit Cat. no. 454.
Beurrée-còlmar grise, dite Precel. Hort. Cat. no. 454. Syn.
Chapman’s. Hort. Cat. no. 177.
From its ripening late, bearing most abundantly,
and possessing a peculiarly rich and agreeable
flavour, this P e a r has become a universal favourite,
and deservedly. I t was raised in Flanders by a
M. Hardenpont, to whom, in conjunction with
Dr. Van Mons, and some others of his countrymen,
we are indebted for several very excellent varieties
of the Pear.
With regard to the numerous synonyms which
we have quoted, we are disposed to think th a t
they are all referable to one and the same thing.
I t is true that, according to Van Mons, the origin
of some of them is different; but, even supposing
this to be true, and not a mistake, yet as it is impossible
to distinguish them by any one character of
either wood, fruit, or period of maturity, it is useless
to continue to speak of them as distinct.
At the period when so large an introduction
took place of Pears from Flanders, some cuttings
of this variety fell into the hands of a market-
gardener of the name of Chapman, by whom it
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