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Achalzig. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:180. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 467. 1884. 



A Russian variety sent from the Crimea into Europe by a Mr. Hartwiss, superintendent 

 of the royal garden at Nikita, where it originated in 1851. Fruit large, abruptly pyramidal, 

 green changing at maturity to lemon-yellow, strewn with white and gray dots; flesh 

 yellowish, rather gritty, melting, sweet, rich; good; Oct. 

 Achan. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:130. 1843. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 467. 1884. 



This well-known Scotch dessert pear is probably of Norwegian origin. It is suitable 

 only to a northern climate. Fruit below medium, turbinate but often obovate when grown 

 to a large size, greenish-yellow on the shaded side, strewed with gray-russet patches and 

 dots; on the exposed cheek it is of a dull, ferruginous red; flesh tender, buttery, sugary, 

 juicy, with a rich, aromatic flavor; Nov. and Dec. 

 Acidaline. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:164. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 468. 1884. 



A seedling of Van Mons. It was in 1833 sent to the Horticultural Society of Paris 

 under the number 1253 and acquired the name Acidaline from its extreme acidity. Fruit 

 above medium, obovate, shining bright green changing to yellow-green at maturity, mottled 

 with red on the side next the sun and dotted all over with reddish-brown specks; flesh 

 whitish-yellow, semi-buttery, semi-melting, gritty around the middle, sourish, very juicy; 

 third for dessert, first for cooking; Oct. 

 Acme. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1895. 



Raised by A. Block, Santa Clara, Cal. Fruit large, pyriform, yellow, russeted, red 

 cheek; flesh breaking, melting, juicy and vinous. 

 Adams. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:464, fig. 21. 1854. 2. HoveyFr. Am. 2:91, PI. 1851. 



Raised from seed of Seckel planted in 1836 by Dr. H. Adams, Waltham, Mass. It first 

 bore fruit in 1848. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh 

 white, vinous; first; early Sept. 

 Adelaide de Reves. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 469. 1884. 



Madame Adelaide de Reves. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:97, fig. 1855. 



A seedling, found about 1850 in the gardens of the Society Van Mons, Belgium. 

 Fruit medium, turbinate; skin smooth, bright green changing to lemon-yellow, dotted 

 with fawn and marked with brown-black patches, slightly colored with reddish-brown 

 on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, well 

 perfumed; first; late Oct. 



Adele Lancelot. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:86, fig. 1S67. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:95, fig. 144. 

 1878. 



Alexandre Bivort obtained this pear in 1851 at Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit variable in size 

 but generally above medium, turbinate, swelled, obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted all over 

 and streaked with russet and often covered with black stains ; flesh white, semi-fine, rather 

 soft, melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, with a delicate, buttery 

 flavor; first. 



Adele de Saint-Denis. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:85, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 469. 

 1884. 



Adele. 3. Le Bon Jard. 356. 1882. 



Raised by M. Gueraud, Saint-Denis, near Paris, about 1840. Fruit medium, obtuse- 



