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Alfred de Madre. i. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 



A new variety sent out in 1895 by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, 

 yellow, dotted with fawn, carmined on the side next the sun; flesh semi-melting, sweet, 

 acidulous, with a very agreeable perfume; Oct. 

 Alice Payne, i. Van Lindley Cat. 23. 1892. 



Originated about 1843 near Salem, N. C. In 1892 the original tree was still growing 

 when the variety was introduced by J. Van Lindley, Pomona, N. C. Fruit medium to 

 large, yellow-white; good; winter. 

 Allerton. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 



A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and submitted by him to the 

 fruit committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1866, it having first fruited 

 in 1862. Fruit large and handsome, long-pyriform, bright yellow; flesh fine-grained, 

 high flavor, rather acid; always markets well; late Oct. 

 Alliance franco-russe. i. Rev. Hort. 116. 1900. 



Raised from seed by Florimond Robitaille', a horticulturist at Se"clin, Fr., and placed 

 on the market, in 1897. Recommended for trial by amateurs in 1900 by the President 

 of the Pomological Society of France. Fruit medium to large, obovate-pyriform, rather 

 similar to the Duchesse d'AngoulSme, pale yellow sprinkled with red dots, deeper yellow on 

 the side next the sun, and mottled with fawn and numerous russet dots at the base; flesh 

 white, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, acidulous, agreeably perfumed: almost very good; 

 Oct. to Dec. 

 Alouette. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 1:101, fig. 1867. 



A chance seedling found by Andr6 Leroy in 1850 in the commune of Saulge"-l'H6pital, 

 Maine-et-Loire, Fr. The parent tree appeared at that time to be about 80 years old. 

 The fruit was introduced in 1855. Fruit small, nearly obtuse, globular-pyriform, greenish- 

 yellow, sprinkled with ash-colored spots, and slightly washed with carmine on the side 

 toward the sun; flesh coarse, white, breaking and rather gritty; second; mid-Sept. 

 Alpha, i. Mag. Hort. 9:123. 1843. 



Raised by Van Mons, Louvain, Bel., and named and described in the London Horti- 

 cultural Society's catalog of fruits in 1842. Fruit medium, obovate, slightly oblong; 

 skin smooth, yellowish-green on the shaded side, and pale brown speckled with minute 

 reddish dots on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery; second quality 

 dessert; Oct. Tree well adapted for standard or half-standard. 

 Alphonse Allegatiere. i. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 



Described by Simon-Louis Brothers, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, as a new variety. Fruit 

 large, clear yellow passing to butter-yellow at maturity; flesh white, very fine, melting, 

 sugary; first; Oct. and Nov. 



Alphonse Karr. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:102, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:187, fig. 

 190. 1878. 



Raised in the seed beds of Major EspeVen. It was dated 1849 and in 1853 was included 

 among trees of the Society Van Mons. Fruit above medium, pyriform-obtuse, depressed 

 at the base, golden yellow, dotted and veined with fawn, stained with the same tint round 

 the stem and calyx; flesh whitish, very fine, very melting, free from grittiness, juicy, fresh, 

 sugary, acidulous, delicately perfumed; first; Nov. and Dec. 



