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Suprême Coloma

Pear

Suprême Coloma

Origin and History

Count Coloma of Mechlin, Belgium, created seed beds in 1786. From these beds came the Suprême Coloma, a fruit of exquisite flavor.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Above medium; ovate, shortened, obtuse.

Skin: Delicate, olive-yellow, always mottled with greenish-russet and thickly covered with brown dots.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity and Calyx Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh and Flavor: Whitish, fine, melting, nearly free from grit, very full of saccharine juice, acidulous, with a special perfume of much delicacy.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Quality and Uses

First quality.

References

  • Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 49, fig. 121. 1866-73.
  • Kofertscher.
  • Downing Fr. Trees Am. 796. 1869.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Suprême Coloma.

  1. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 49, fig. 121. 1866-73. Kofertscher.
  2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 796. 1869.

Count Coloma, Mechlin, Bel., made seed beds in 1786. From these beds came the Suprême Coloma, a fruit of exquisite flavor. Fruit above medium, ovate, shortened, obtuse; skin delicate, olive-yellow, always mottled with greenish-russet and thickly covered with brown dots; flesh whitish, fine, melting, nearly free from grit, very full of saccharine juice, acidulous, with a special perfume of much delicacy; first; Oct.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)
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