. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. other variety. It is trulyan excellent, rich, sugary pear, andis not unworthy of the appellationgiven it. The tree is hardy, agreat and constant bearer; but it re-quires, like most pears, good culti-vation. Few varieties succeed sowell on the quince, as the GloutMorceau; a tree of which, in myown ground, annually produces abarrel of large perfect fruit; this isclear waxy yellow, and very hand-some at maturity; keeps into the wintermonths, with ordinary care; commands asgood a price in the market, and is esteemedby many, equal to th
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. other variety. It is trulyan excellent, rich, sugary pear, andis not unworthy of the appellationgiven it. The tree is hardy, agreat and constant bearer; but it re-quires, like most pears, good culti-vation. Few varieties succeed sowell on the quince, as the GloutMorceau; a tree of which, in myown ground, annually produces abarrel of large perfect fruit; this isclear waxy yellow, and very hand-some at maturity; keeps into the wintermonths, with ordinary care; commands asgood a price in the market, and is esteemedby many, equal to the Beurre varies much in form. In growth, it ismore luxuriant on the quince; the largespecimens frequently having a very thick,short stem, set angularly on the fruit, withthe peculiar knobby appearance of thedAremberg. On the pea?- stock, and undermedium cultivation, the stem is smooth andstraight, as figured by Thompson in theGardeners Chronicle, and Downing in theFruits and Fruit Trees of America. Fromthis circumstance, the present subject has. Fig. 11. The Passe Colmar. been confounded Avith the Beurre dArem-berg. Season, December and January. 5. Passe Colmar.—As a hardy, vigor-ous, excellent pear, the Passe Colmar hasfew superiors. It is prolific to a fault, andrequires judicious management. To insurefruit corresponding to its character in theCatalogue of the London Horticultural Soci-ety, first size, and first quality, it is neces-sary to commence the trimming process asearl)^ in the season as the best specimenscan be distinguished, or the pruning out ofhalf the fruit bearing spurs in the month ofMarch, as recommended by the late , will contribute to relieve the tree « 22 THE BEST FIVE WINTER PEARS. of its overbearing propensitj. The Frenchmake two varieties of tliis pear, viz : PasseCobnar gris, and Passe Colinar dorv. Ihave never discovered any difierence in thefruit of these trees, that only which is ex-posed to tlie sun, having the golden color
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