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Amiral Cecile. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:117, % l86 7- 2 - Hogg Fruit Man. 478. 1884. 



Admiral CGcile. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 166. 1889. 



Raised by M. Boisbunel, nurseryman at Rouen, from seed sown in 1846; fruited for 

 the first time in 1858. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, yellowish-green changing to 

 lemon-yellow, thickly dotted and mottled with gray-russet; flesh fine, whitish, melting, 

 gritty at core, juicy, sweet and delicately perfumed; first rate dessert pear; Oct. to Dec. 

 Amire Joannet. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:125, 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 478. 

 1884. 



An ancient pear written of in 1660 by Claude Mollet. It bears the name of Joannet 

 because in some parts of France it ripens about St. John's Day, the 24th of June. Fruit 

 small, regularly pyriform, slightly obtuse, smooth, pale greenish-yellow changing to a 

 deep waxen-yellow, washed with pale rose; flesh white, semi-fine, tender, juicy, sugary, 

 impregnated with a perfume of musk, quite agreeable; second; June and July. 

 Amlisberger Mostbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 72, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear found in Switzerland and first published in 1885. Fruit medium, globular, 

 yellowish-green changing at maturity to light yellow, dotted with dark russet; excellent 

 but not good for transportation; Sept. and Oct. 

 Amour, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:120, fig. 1867. 



Tresor. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:236. 1768. 



M. Duhamel du Monceau styled this the largest of all pears and sufficiently sweet to 

 be eaten raw by those whose taste is not too exacting, but very good for cooking and far 

 superior to the Catillac and Pound pears. Origin obscure. Fruit very large; form like 

 that of the quince, much swelled at the middle, extremely mammillate at each pole; skin 

 rough to the touch, dull yellow, dotted, striped and mottled with fawn and showing some 

 brownish spots; flesh white, semi-melting, free from grit, juicy, very saccharine and well 

 perfumed; second for dessert, first for the kitchen; Nov. to Feb. 

 Amstettner Mostbirne. I. Loschnig Mostbirnen 30, fig. 1913. 



Lower Austria; perry pear. Fruit rather large, long-pyriform, obtuse, somewhat 

 irregular, smooth, bright green turning yellow at maturity; flesh whitish, rather granular 

 and sometimes rather bitter; Oct. 

 Ananas, i. Christ Handb. 532. 1817. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:122, fig. 1867. 



Ananas was originally introduced to Holland from France where it had been cultivated 

 for many years under the name De Bouchet, a name given to it during the reign of Louis 

 XIV, 1643-1715, by La Quintinye, Director of the Royal Gardens. Fruit medium; form 

 rather variable, generally globular, height and breadth being equal; color bright green 

 changing to yellowish-green at maturity, with some tinge of red on the side next the sun, 

 strewed with brown-russet dots; flesh white, melting, somewhat gritty, juicy, sugary; 

 first for dessert; Sept. 



Ananas de Courtrai. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 2:13, fig. 1854. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:124, 

 fig. 1867. 



Ananas de Courtray. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:79, fig. 40. 1872. 



The origin of this variety is unknown, but it is believed to have been a chance seedling 

 raised at Courtrai, Flanders, as M. Six, who established himself in that town in the business 



