470 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



slender, woody, curved, attached to the end of the fruit without 

 depression. Flesh, whitish, melting, juicy, sweet, and slightly 

 perfumed. 



A dessert pear of good quality ; ripe in the beginning of October and 

 continuing in use till November. 



This was raised by M. Gueraud, living at St. Denis, close to Paris, and was 

 named Adele in compliment to his daughter. There is much confusion subsisting 

 between this and Baronne de Mello. The latter, I know, is always entirely 

 covered with dark brown russet except a small portion on the shaded side, while 

 this is described to be greenish yellow and merely mottled with dots and patches 

 of cinnamon-coloured russet. As I bave never seen the fruit of what is said to be 

 the true Adele de St. Denis, I am indebted for this description to the Jardin 

 Fruitier du Museum. 



ADELE LANCELOT. Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform, even, and 

 regular in its outline. Skin, yellow, tinged all over with green, and 

 with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with long 

 segments, set in a deep basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, stout, 

 and curved, inserted without depression on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, dry, not juicy, and insipid. 



Ripe in October and November, when it early becomes mealy. 



Admire Joannet. See Amire Joannet. 

 Africaine. See Sanguinole. 



AGLAE GREGOIRE. Fruit, large, three inches wide, and three 

 inches and a half long ; obovate, turbinate. Skin, yellow, dotted and 

 veined with russet, particularly round the eye and the stalk. Eye, 

 large, open, and not deeply set. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 slender, and obliquely inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, whitish, 

 fine, melting, juicy, sweet, and slightly perfumed. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in October. It was raised by M. Gregoire, 

 of Jodoigne, in Belgium, about 1852. 



AH! MON DIEU (Mon Die,u ; V Amour; Don Dieu; i 

 dance ; Petite Fertile ; Jargonelle d 1 Automne ; Belle Fertile ; Poire 

 Benite ; Mont Dieu; Rothpunctirte Liesbesbirne ; Lieb-birne ; Haber- 

 bime ; Herbst Jargonelle; Ach Mein Gott; Liebcsbirnc; Gezeegende 

 Peer]. Fruit, small, about two inches wide, and rather more than two 

 inches and a quarter long ; obovate. Skin, smooth, pale green at first, 

 but changing as it ripens to pale lemon yellow on the shaded side, and 

 almost covered with crimson, which is dotted and streaked with darker 

 crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, small, half open, with stout 

 erect segments, and set in a. very shallow depression. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slightly curved, and inserted by the side of a swollen lip, or with 

 fleshy rings at its base, and without being depressed. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, tender, very juicy, with a fine sugary and perfumed flavour. 



A nice little autumn pear, ripe in September ; but, like many other 

 sorts of that season, it does not keep long after being gathered, it 

 generally becoming mealy about ten days afterwards. 



