Leaf-buds small, short, conical, free. Leaves 1-3/4 in. long, 1-1/8 in. wide, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin finely serrate, tipped with few glands; petiole 1-1/2 in. long. Flower-buds small, short, somewhat obtuse, free; flowers open late, 1-1/4 in. across, well distributed, averaging 7 buds in a cluster; pedicels 1 in. long, slender, slightly pubescent, pale green. Fruit matures in late December to February; variable in size, averaging 2-3/4 in. long, 2-1/4 in. wide, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, irregular, with unequal sides; stem 1 in. long, thick, curved; cavity obtuse, narrow, furrowed, compressed, often lipped; calyx small, open; lobes separated at the base, short, narrow, obtuse; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth and regular; skin variable in smoothness, dull; color rich yellow, many specimens almost entirely overspread with russet or with russet coating around the cavity and with russet nettings and patches; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, sweet, juicy, with a rich, vinous, aromatic flavor; quality good. Core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. [Illustration: PASSE COLMAR] PASSE COLMAR =1.= _Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc._ =5=:410. 1824. =2.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 403. 1831. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:101. 1831. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ =444=, fig. 205. 1845. =5.= _Gard. Chron._ 185, fig. 1845. =6.= _Mag. Hort._ =15=:445, fig. 39. 1849. =7.= _Gard. Chron._ 989. 1861. =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 70, 1862. =9.= _Pom. France_ =1=: No. 2, Pl. 2. 1863. =10.= Mas _Le Verger_ =1=:121, fig. 59. 1866-73. =11.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:499, figs. 1869. =12.= _Guide Prat._ 60, 293. 1876. =13.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 627. 1884. =14.= _Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom._ 436, fig. 1904. _Preul's Colmar._ =15.= Liegel _Syst. Anleit._ =104=. 1825. _Regentin._ =16.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:103. 1856. =17.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 268. 1889. =18.= Gaucher _Pom. Prak. Obst._ No. =61=, Pl. 88. 1894.