PEARS. 469 



shaped, even and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, of a greenish 

 yellow, and mottled all over with very pale grey russet, which here 

 and there runs into patches. Eye, small, with star-like segments, and 

 set level with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, 

 and woody, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, melting, 

 slightly gritty, sweet, but not richly flavoured, and with slight Muscat 

 aroma. 



A dessert pear of scarcely second-rate quality ; ripe in the end of 

 October, when it becomes rotten at the core if not carefully watched. 



ADAMS. Fruit, large and pyriform. Skin, smooth, deep yellow, 

 shaded with red on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with 

 russet dots. Eye, small and closed, not at all depressed, but placed 

 even with the surface. Stalk, short and stout, fleshy at the base, and 

 obliquely inserted on the apex of the fruit without any depression. 

 Flesh, white, fine-grained, melting, and juicy, with a brisk, sweet, and 

 agreeable flavour, and nicely perfumed. 



An American pear, in use during September and October. It is 

 esteemed in America as a fruit of first-rate quality, but in this country 

 it possesses no great merit. 



Adam's Flesh. See Chair a Dames. 



ADELAIDE DE REVES. Fruit, about medium size, three inches 

 long, and rather more than two inches and a half wide ; short pyriform, 

 inclining to turbinate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth^ 

 of a bright green colour at first, but becoming lemon yellow as it attains 

 maturity, strewed with dots and patches of brown russet, particularly 

 at the two extremities, and sometimes with a faint tinge of pale crimson 

 on the side next the sun. Eye, uneven, sometimes wanting, with stiff" 

 segments, and set in a rather deep cavity. Stalk, an inch and a half 

 long, slender, curved, and woody, inserted without depression on the 

 apex of the fruit, and with a fleshy excrescence at its base. Flesh, 

 white, tender, melting, very juicy, sugary, and with a richly -flavoured 

 and vinous juice. 



An excellent pear, ripe in the end of October. Though an excellent 

 autumn pear it is not superior to many other well-known sorts that 

 ripen at the same season. 



It is a posthumous seedling of Van Mons, and was named M. Bivort in 

 honour of Madame Adelaide de Reves. 



Adele de St. Ceras. See Adele de St. Denis. 



ADELE DE ST. DENIS (Adele; Adele de St. Ceras). Fruit, 

 medium sized ; obtuse pyriform, more swollen on one side of the axis 

 than the other. Skin, greenish yellow, dotted and mottled with cin- 

 namon-coloured russet. Eye, large and open, with short segments, 

 and set in a slight depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 



