476 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



A very showy autumn pear ; ripe in the end of October, and con- 

 tinuing till about the middle of November. Though a very good pear, 

 it is not equal to many of our first-rate pears already in cultivation. 



Amande. See Angleterre. 



AMANDE DOUBLE (Elizabeth Walker; Walker}. Fruit, large, 

 three inches and three-quarters long, and two inches and three-quarters 

 wide ; pyriform. Skin, bright rich yellow with a crimson cheek 

 near the sun, and dotted all over with cinnamon- coloured dots. Eye, 

 small, open, set in a shallow undulating cavity. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, slender. Flesh, white, melting, somewhat gritty at 

 the core, juicy, sweet, sprightly, and with an almond flavour. 



A pear of the first quality ; ripe during October and November. A 

 seedling of Van Mons, which he sent in 1834-35 to Mr. Kobert 

 Manning, of Salem, Mass., U.S.A., under number 135. How it 

 acquired the name of Walker I do not know. 



AMANDE D'.ETE. Fruit, somewhat about medium sized, two 

 inches and three-quarters long, and two inches and a half wide. It is 

 of an obtuse pyriform shape, rounded at the apex, and tapering gra- 

 dually to the stalk, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth, 

 pale green at first, but changing as it ripens to a pale lemon yellow, 

 without any colour next the sun, and marked with a few traces of thin 

 pale russet. Eye, quite open, with short segments, and placed in a 

 very flat and shallow depression. Stalk, an inch and three-quarters 

 long, slender and woody, inserted in a small round and narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, white, rather firm, not buttery, nor very juicy, sweet, and with 

 a distinct almond flavour and perfume, but with no character in it to 

 merit notice. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in the beginning of September, and soon rots 

 at the core. The tree bears well and regularly, and forms a handsome 

 pyramid on the quince. 



AMANDINE DE ROUEN. Fruit, medium sized, three inches and 

 a half long, and two inches and a half wide ; pyriform, rounded towards 

 the eye and tapering towards the stalk. Skin, at first of a bright 

 green dotted with grey, but changing to lemon yellow as it ripens. 

 Eye, half open, with blunt, stout, often stunted segments, and placed 

 on a level with the surface of the fruit. Stalk, about an inch long, 

 slender, woody, and firm, obliquely inserted on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, fine-grained, very juicy and melting, with a rich sugary 

 flavour. 



An excellent and rather richly flavoured pear ; ripe in the end of 

 September and beginning of October, but not superior to many in 

 season at the same period. 



It was raised by M. Boisbunel, a nurseryman at Rouen, from seed sown in 1846, 

 and the tree first fruited in 1857. 



