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PEARS. 



Abbe" Edouard. Medium, obo- 

 vate, bright green becoming 

 yellow;- juicy, half-melting, 

 agreeable. November. Bel- 

 gian. 



Abbott, p. 525. 



Adams, p. 515. 



Adelaide de Reves. Medium, 

 roundish, green becoming yel- 

 low ; very juicy, melting, rich, 

 vinous. October. Belgian. 



Adele de St. Denis. See Ba- 

 ronne de Mello. 



Albret. Medium, long pyriform, 

 yellow, russeted, very juicy, 

 buttery and melting, rich ; very 

 good. October. 



Alen^on, p. 541. 



Alexander. Medium, oblong 

 obovate, greenish and russet ; 

 juicy, melting, rich, very good. 

 October. N. Y. 



Alexandre Lambre, p. 541. 



Alexandrina. Medium, round- 

 ish, obovate, yellow, with a 

 red cheek; melting, rich; very 

 good. September. 



Alice Payne. Medium, yellow 

 white. Winter. N. C. 



Almond Pear. See Beurre 

 Amande". 



Alpha, p. 515. - 



Alphonse Karr. See Soldat 

 Laboureur. 



Althorpe Crassane. Medium, 

 roundish-ovate, pale green ; 

 juicy, not rich. October. 



Amadotte. Large, pyriform ; 

 coarse; juicy, often astringent 

 and worthless. October. 



Amalis, p. 525. 



Amande. Medium, long pyri- 

 form, dull green, rough; but- 

 tery, juicy; very good. Sep- 

 tember. Belgian. 



Amanlis. See Amalis. 



Ambrosia. Medium, roundish, 

 obovate; buttery, without 

 much flavor. September. 

 French. 



Amire Joannet. Small, short 

 pyriform, greenish-yellow, 

 crimson dotted; becoming 

 mealy.. Middle of July. 

 Worthless and superseded. 



Amory. See Andrews. 



Ananas. See Henry IV. 



Ananas de Courtral. See Ananas 

 d'Ete. 



Ananas d'Ete, p. 515. 



Andre Desportes. Medium, obo- 

 vate pyriform, pale green, juicy 

 and melting. Summer. 

 France. 



Andrews, p. 515. 



Angel. Large, handsome, early, 

 poor. Ghent, N. Y 



Angora. See Pound. 



Angouleme, p. 515. 



Angleterre. Medium, pyriform, 

 dull green; juicy, melting, 

 pleasant, not rich. September. 



Anjou, p. 525. 



Arbre Courbre. Medium, pyri- 

 form, greenish; coarse; half- 

 melting, astringent. Septem- 

 ber. 



Aremberg, p. 537. 



Assomption. Large, irregular 

 pyriform, yellow, reddened to- 

 ward the sun; juicy and melt- 

 ing; partly coarse; of moder- 



