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and russet patches ; calyx, open ; segments, long, half reflexed ; basin, 

 small; stem, one to one and a quarter inch, curved, often set without de- 

 pression; flesh, greenish white, juicy, vinous, nearly ''best." September. 



Adele de St. Denis. 



Foreign. New. Fruit, above medium, obovate, irregular, yellow, covered 

 with russet; calyx, open, broad segments; flesh, melting, juicy. October. 



Althorpe Crassane. 



Foreign. Quality variable ; fruit, medium, roundish obovate, rough, 

 pale green, with dark green suflfused dots, and spots of russet, tinge of 

 brown; flesh, white, buttery, juic}', rather coarse, "very good." Octo- 

 ber and November. 



Autumn Paradise. 



Paradise d'Automne. 



Foreign. This is esteemed by many eastern writers as superior even to 

 the Beurre Bosc, which it much resembles. Tree, of very vigorous 

 growth, shoots at first upright, afterwards straggling and pendulous ; 

 wood, reddish brown, with large whitish gray specks, very productive. 

 Fruit, large, obovate, acute pyriform, irregular and uneven surface ; color, 

 dull yellow, covered with bright russet, deepening on the sunny side , 

 calyx, rather large, open ; segments, reflexed ; basin, furrowed ; stem, 

 about one and a half inch long, rather slender, obliquely attached to the 

 fruit by a fleshy, and oftentimes wrinkled base ; core, small ; seeds, long- 

 pointed ; flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, buttery, melting, juicy, 

 delicious. September and October. 



Bankerbine. 



Foreign. The specimens from which we describe were from Messrs. 

 Ellwanger & Barry. Fruit, medium, obovate, greenish yellow, with 

 small russet dots; stem, stout; calyx, open, broad segments; core, 

 large ; flesh, breaking, coarse. October. 



Belle Excellent. 



Foreign. Resembles Louise Bonne of Jersey ; oblong pyriform, yel- 

 low, red blush, with raised specks on surface. October. 



Belle de Noel. 



Belle apres Noel. 



Foreign. Fruit, rather below medium, obovate, obtuse pyriform, pale 

 greenish yellow, with few russet spots, dark red cheek, with carmine dots • 

 calyx, medium ; segments, half reflexed ; basin, shallow, slightly furrowed ; 

 core, large; flesh, whitish, melting, juicy, "very good." December. 



Belle de Bruxelles. 



Belle of Brussels, | Belle d'Aout. 



Foreign. Variable. Fruit, large, obovate pyriform, deep yellow, green- 

 ish dots, tinge of red in sun ; flesh, white, sweet. August. 



