662 THE PEAR. 



Cavity slight, sometimes a lip. Calyx open. F esh whitish, juicy, 

 melting, sweet, and pleasant. Good to very good. October. 



Apple Pear. 

 Pomoire. Poire-Pomme. Beurru de Rackenheim. 



Fruit below medium, round or rovmdisli oblate. Skin covered with 

 ciimamon russet, unless in the shade, when it is a dirty yellow green, 

 with russet marblings. Flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy. Good. 

 October. 



Arbre Oourbe. 

 Amiral. Colrnar Chamay. 



Tree vigorous, with irregular crooked branches. Yoiing wood yel- 

 lowish brown, with many specks, angled or bent from joint to joint. 



Fruit medium or large, o\al pyriform. Skin gi^eenish yellow, with 

 patches and russet dots. Stalk large and fleshy. Calyx open. Basin 

 broad and shallow. Flesh whitish, coarse, half buttery, melting, juicy, 

 slightly astringent. Good. Kipe last of Sejitember. 



Arlequin Musque. 



An old Pear, but little known. 



Fruit large, obovate pyriform. Skin yellowish green, with mar- 

 blings and dots of brown. Calyx large, open. Flesh white, buttery, 

 melting, sweet. Good. Last of September. 



Arthur Bivort. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous. 



Fruit above medium, oblong obtuse pyriform, gi-een, becoming yel- 

 lowish at maturity, dotted with red in the sun. Stalk curved in a 

 slight cavity. Calyx open. Flesh white, half fine, melting, juicy, vi- 

 nous. October. (Alb. Pom.) 



Aston Town 



Fruit small, roundish turbinate. Skin pale yellowish, with brown 

 sjjecks. Flesh soft, buttery, moderately sweet, perfumed. Hardly 

 good. Middle and last of September. 



AUDIBERT. 

 Belle Audibert. 



Fruit large, obovate obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, orange in sun. 

 Flesh white, breaking, granulated, acidulous. Good for stewing only. 

 November. 



AUGUSTE JURIE. 



A seedling of M. Fortune, Willermoz, ] ''ranee. Ti-ee moderately 

 vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit small, oblate pyrifoi-m, yellow, shaded with dark red in the 

 sun. Flesh white, half melting, juicy, slightly vinous, and slight Ij 

 musky. Good. August. 



