478 TdE FRUIT MANUAL. 



AMELIE LECLERC. Fruit, about medium sized, two inches and 

 a half wide, and two inches and three -quarters high ; roundish ovate, 

 somewhat uneven in its outline. Skin, pale lemon yellow, strewed 

 with patches and veins of russet, and with a lively blush on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, large, half open, and placed almost on a level with 

 the surface. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy at the base, and inserted in a 

 small narrow cavity. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and melting, with a 

 rich, sweet, and perfumed flavour. 



A fruit of great excellence ; ripe during September and October. The 

 tree is an abundant bearer and makes handsome pyramids on the quince. 



It was raised by Leon Leclerc, of Laval, the original tree having first fruited in 

 1850, and it was named in compliment to one of his daughters. 



AMIRAL (Cardindle; Portugal d'Ete ; De Prime}. Fruit, very 

 large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches high ; turbi- 

 nate ; a little uneven in its outline, and more swollen on one side than 

 the other. Skin, dark greenish yellow, very much covered with ashy 

 grey russet near the stalk, and almost entirely covered with lively red 

 next the sun. Eye, small, half open, with short horny segments, set in 

 a wide and deep basin. Stalk, about an inch long, stout, fleshy at the 

 base, and obliquely inserted. Flesh, white, tender, melting, buttery, 

 very juicy, sweet, and rich, with a fine anise aroma. 



A very large and handsome fruit ; ripe during September, and then 

 blets very rapidly. 



It is a very old French pear, and known to have been in cultivation for nearly 

 three centuries. It is quite distinct from Arbre Courbe and Colmar Char nay, with 

 which it has been made synonymous. 



AMIRAL CECILE. Fruit, large, three inches and a half long, and 

 about the same in diameter ; roundish obovate. Skin, at first deep 

 green, thickly covered with grey russet, becoming of a lemon yellow 

 colour as it attains maturity. Eye, large and open, with short stunted 

 segments. Stalk, very short and slender, not more than half an inch 

 long, inserted in a small and uneven cavity. Flesh, fine-grained, 

 buttery, and melting, slightly gritty at the core, remarkably juicy, 

 sugary, and perfumed. 



A first-rate dessert pear ; ripe in the end of October, and lasting in 

 use till Christmas. The tree is very hardy, a vigorous grower, and an 

 abundant bearer. 



It was raised by M, Boisbunel, of Rouen, from seed sown in 1846, and first pro- 

 duced fruit in 1858. 



AMIRE JOANNET (Admire Joannet; Joannet; Jeanette ; Petit 

 St. Jean; St. Jean; St. John's Pear ; Early Sugar; Sugar Pear; 

 Harvest Pear; Johannisbirne ; Kornbirne; Henbirne). Fruit, small, 

 regularly pyriform. Skin, very smooth, of a pale greenish yellow 

 colour at first, which changes as it ripens to a beautiful deep waxen 

 yellow, and with a faint tinge of red on the side exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, open, with stout erect segments, and placed even with the surface. 



