240 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



melting, free from granulations at the center, fairly sugary and vinous; not first class but 



good for preserving; Oct. and Nov. 



Aime Ogereau. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 1:96, fig. 1867. 



Raised in the nurseries of Andr^ Leroy, Angers, Fr. It fruited for the first time in 

 1862. Fruit medium or small, obovate-obtuse, lemon-yellow, sprinkled with brown dots, 

 seldom colored on the sun-exposed side; flesh white, melting, remarkable especially for 

 its extreme fineness; juice abxmdant, sugary, acidulous, flavored with a delicious savor of 

 musk; first; mid-Sept. 

 Aimee Adam. i. Guide Prat. 75. 1895. 



Raised by Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit rather large, obtuse-pyriform; skin 

 fawn; flesh yellowish, semi-melting, sugary, sprightly; third; latter half of Oct. Tree 

 vigorous and fertile. 

 Akatsupo. I. Am. Card. 12:10, fig. 6. 1891. 



Japanese and common in neighborhood of Tokio. It is rather elongated in shape 

 compared with other Japanese varieties, and heavily speckled with large dots; Aug. 

 Alamo. I. Budd-Hansen ylw. Hon. Man. 2:232. 1903. 



Originated by A. L. Bruce, Grayson County, Tex. Fruit medium to large, pale yellow, 

 blushed with red; flesh buttery, melting; early. 



Albertine. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Ohstkunde 2:115. 1856. 2. Mas Poyn. Gen. 6:131, fig. 

 450. 1880. 



This seedling, raised by Van Mons, was sent by him to Poiteau, author of the Pomologie 

 Francaise, who, in 1833, named it after his wife. Fruit small, pyriform-obovate; skin 

 rather thick, firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous very small gray-brown specks, 

 the basic green changing to bright lemon-yellow on the side next the sun; fiesh yellow, 

 very fine, dense, buttery, melting; juice abundant, vinous, perfumed; first; Oct. 

 Alexander, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 449. 1857. 



Originated at the village of Alexander, Genesee Coimty, N. Y., from seed planted 

 about 1820 by a Mrs. Churchill. It was shown at the Fruit Growers' Society Exhibition 

 held at Buffalo, N. Y., on Sept. 13, 1855. Although very similar to Gray Doyenne, it is 

 distinct. Fruit mediimi, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green, nearly overspread 

 with cinnamon-russet except in the shade, and having occasionally a faint browTiish blush 

 in the sun; flesh white, rather coarse and somewhat gritty at the center, melting and very 

 juicy, sugary; very good; Dec. to Feb. 

 Alexander Lucas, i. W. N. Y. Hart. Sod. Rpt. 22. 18S4. 2. Gard. Man. 28:366. 1886. 



Beurre Alexandre Lucas. 3. Bunyard Ca/. 37. 1913-14. 



This pear was found in a forest in the department of Loire-et-Cher, Fr., in 1871. It 

 was imported to the United States by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., but never 

 widely disseminated. Fruit large, golden yellow at maturity; flesh half -melting, juicy, 

 vinous; quality good; Nov. to Jan. 



Alexandre Bivort. i. Mas Le Verger 1:37, fig. 25. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dirt. Pom. 1:97, 

 figs. 1867. 



Obtained in 1848 by Louis Berckmans and named after Alexandre Bivort, founder 

 of the Society of Van Mons, in Belgiima. Fruit small to medium ; the two types are spheri- 



