THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 237 



Achalzig. i. 'Dochna.hl Fiihr. Obstkmide 2:180. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Mmi. 467. 1884. 



A Russian varietj^ sent from the Crimea into Europe by a Mr. Hartwiss, superintendent 

 of the royal garden at Nikita, where it originated in 1851. Fruit large, abruptly pyramidal, 

 green changing at maturity to lemon-yellow, strewn with white and gray dots; flesh 

 yellowish, rather gritty, melting, sweet, rich; good; Oct. 

 Achan. i. Mag. Hort. 9:130. 1843. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 467. 1884. 



This well-known Scotch dessert pear is probably of Norwegian origin. It is suitable 

 only to a northern climate. Fruit below medium, turbinate but often obovate when grown 

 to a large size, greenish-yellow on the shaded side, strewed with gray-russet patches and 

 dots; on the exposed cheek it is of a dull, ferruginous red; flesh tender, buttery, sugary, 

 juicy, with a rich, aromatic flavor; Nov. and Dec. 

 Acidaline. i. 'Dochnsihl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:16^. 1856. 2. Hogg Frwii Maw. 468. 1884. 



A seedling of Van Mons. It was in 1833 sent to the Horticultural Society of Paris 

 imder the number 1253 ^ri<i acquired the name Acidaline from its extreme acidity. Fruit 

 above medium, obovate, shining bright green changing to yellow-green at maturity, mottled 

 with red on the side next the sun and dotted all over with reddish-brown specks; flesh 

 whitish-yellow, semi-buttery, semi-melting, gritty around the middle, sotirish, very juicy; 

 third for dessert, first for cooking; Oct. 

 Acme. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1895. 



Raised by A. Block, Santa Clara, Cal. Fruit large, pyriform, yellow, russeted, red 

 cheek; flesh breaking, melting, juicy and vinous. 

 Adams, i. Mag. Hort. 20:464, fig. 21. 1854. 2. Hovey Fr. Am. 2:91, PI. 1851. 



Raised from seed of Seckel planted in 1836 by Dr. H. Adams, Waltham, Mass. It first 

 bore fruit in 1848. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh 

 white, vinous; first; early Sept. 

 Adelaide de Reves. i. Hogg Fruit Man. ^6g. 1884. 



Madame Adelaide de Reves. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:97, fig. 1855. 



A seedling, found about 1850 in the gardens of the Society Van Mons, Belgium. 

 Fruit medium, turbinate; skin smooth, bright green changing to lemon-yellow, dotted 

 with fawn and marked with brown-black patches, slightly colored with reddish-brown 

 on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, well 

 perfumed; first; late Oct. 



Adele Lancelot, i. Leroy Dici. Pom. 1:86, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:95, fig. 144. 

 1878. 



Alexandre Bivort obtained this pear in 1851 at Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit variable in size 

 but generally above medium, turbinate, swelled, obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted all over 

 and streaked with russet and often covered with black stains; flesh white, semi-fine, rather 

 soft, melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, with a delicate, buttery 

 flavor; first. 



Adele de Saint-Denis, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:85, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 469. 

 1884. 



Adele. 3. Le Bon Jard. 356. 1882. 



Raised by M. Gueraud, Saint-Denis, near Paris, about 1840. Fruit medium, obtuse- 



