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Suprême Coloma

Pear

Suprême Coloma

Origin / History

Count Coloma, Mechlin, Bel., made seed beds in 1786. From these beds came the Suprême Coloma, "a fruit of exquisite flavor" (Hedrick). Downing calls it a foreign pear of uncertain origin.

Tree

Tree vigorous and productive (Downing).

Fruit

Size: Medium or below (Downing); above medium (Hedrick).

Form: Nearly globular (Downing); ovate, shortened, obtuse (Hedrick).

Stem: Stalk short (Downing).

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Large, open (Downing).

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Delicate. Greenish yellow with a few patches of russet (Downing); olive-yellow, always mottled with greenish-russet (Hedrick).

Dots: Many, brown, thickly covering the surface; green and brown dots in Downing.

Flesh and flavor: Whitish, fine, juicy, buttery, melting, nearly free from grit, very full of saccharine juice. Sweet, pleasant (Downing); acidulous, with a special perfume of much delicacy (Hedrick). Quality "Good" (Downing); "first" (Hedrick).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 2 period pomological works

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 1 catalog (1900)

  • Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900 — listed as Kopertscher
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KOPERTSCHER.

Kossertscher. Beurre Prince de Schwarzenberg. Princiere de Kopertsh. Supreme Coloma.

A foreign Pear, of uncertain origin. Tree vigorous and productive.

Fruit medium or below, nearly globular, greenish yellow, with a few patches of russet, and many green and brown dots. Stalk short. Calyx large, open. Flesh whitish, juicy, buttery, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. October.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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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