Colmar Delahaut
PearColmar Delahaut
Origin/History
Raised from seed by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Belgium. Documented in Annales de Pomologie Belge 5:21 (1857) and Leroy, Dictionnaire de Pomologie 1:581 (1867).
Tree
Vigorous, spreading, moderately productive. Young shoots olive brown.
Fruit
Size and Form: Medium. Downing describes the form as roundish acute pyriform; Hedrick describes it as curved-pyriform and notes the shape is rather variable.
Stem: Long, curved, slender, joined to the fruit without depression.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Half closed.
Basin: Small, uneven, russeted.
Skin: Downing describes the ground color as pale yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, with many russet dots. Hedrick specifies greenish-yellow on the shaded side and brownish-yellow on the sun side, with dots and patches of pale brown-russet.
Flesh/Flavor: Whitish (Hedrick) or white (Downing). Both sources agree on a half-melting or semi-melting texture. The sources conflict on juiciness: Downing describes the flesh as juicy; Hedrick as wanting in juice. Sweet and sugary. Hedrick adds vinous and aromatic. The sources conflict on quality rating: Downing rates it good; Hedrick rates it second.
Core/Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Downing gives November–December; Hedrick gives January.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)COLMAR DELAHAUT.
Raised by M. Gregoire, of Jodoigne, Belgium. Tree vigorous, spreading, moderately productive; young shoots olive brown.
Fruit medium, roundish acute pyriform; skin pale yellow, partially netted and patched with russet and many russet dots; stalk long, curved, slender, joined to the fruit without depression; calyx half closed; basin small, uneven, russeted; flesh white, juicy, half melting, sweet; good. November, December.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Colmar Delahaut.
- Ann. Pom. Beige 5:21, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:581, fig. 1867.
Raised from seed by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit medium, curved-pyriform, rather variable, greenish-yellow in the shade, brownish-yellow on the side of the sun, dots and patches of pale brown-russet; flesh whitish, semi-fine and semi-melting, wanting in juice, sugary, vinous, aromatic; second; Jan.