Colmar Navez
PearColmar Navez
Origin/History
Raised from seed by M. Bouvier, Jodoigne, Belgium. The first fruits were yielded in 1837.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Large
Form: Globular-obovate
Skin: Yellowish-green, slightly dotted with gray, clouded with brown-russet, and often washed with brick-red on the side exposed to the sun
Flesh: White, rather fine, semi-melting
Flavor and Juice: Juice sufficient, sugary, acidulous, savory, having an aroma suggestive of musk and anis
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Rated as "first" quality in contemporary pomological classification.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Colmar Navez.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:586, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 551. 1884.
Raised from seed by M. Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. The first fruits were yielded in 1837. Fruit large, globular-obovate, yellowish-green, slightly dotted with gray, clouded with brown-russet, and often washed with brick-red on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, rather fine, semi-melting; juice sufficient, sugary, acidulous, savory, having an aroma suggestive of musk and anis; first; Oct.