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coarse, melting, gritty around the core, abundant sweet juice, sugar}', but without any 



appreciable perfume; Sept. and Oct. 



Aqueuse de Meiningen. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:77, fig. 231. 1S79. 



This variety is cultivated in the neighborhood of Meiningen, central Germany, but 

 its origin appears to be unknown. Fruit medium or nearly medium, globular, turbinate, 

 very regular in contour; skin thick, very bright green sprinkled with numerous small dots 

 of a darker shade, changing at maturity to pale yellow and more golden on the side exposed 

 to the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, melting, fairly juicy, saccharine and only slightly per- 

 fumed; third; Sept. 

 Arabella. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:134. 1856. 



A seedling from Van Mons, 1852. Fruit below medium, pale green, slightly 

 rough, much dotted with greenish cinnamon-russet; flesh whitish, very fine, sweet, vinous; 

 first for dessert; Sept. and Oct. 

 Arbre Courbe. 1. Gard. Chron. 68. 1848. 2. Pom. France 2:No. 59, PI. 59. 1864. 



Krummholzige Schmalzbirne. 3. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:67. 1856. 



Bivort, successor of Van Mons in the Society's gardens at Louvain, stated that this 

 variety was gained by Van Mons about 1830. Fruit large, oblong-obtuse-pyrif orm ; skin 

 rough to the touch, being considerably covered with rough, scaly russet; color bright 

 yellow or greenish-yellow, freely dotted with russet spots; flesh white, rather fine, melting, 

 juicy, gritty around the core; a dessert pear, but hardly first-rate; Sept. and Oct. 

 Archduke of Austria. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:50. 1837. 



Manning in the Pomological Notices in the Magazine of Horticulture said: " This tree 

 bears well every year; the fruit is handsome, but very dry and of inferior quality. Ripe 

 in September. It may prove to have been received under a wrong name." 

 Archiduc Charles. 1. Leroy Dia. Pom. 1:153, n g- 1867. 



Raised by M. Duval, Hainaut, Bel. Fruit medium to large, short-pyramidal, bright 

 yellow in France, brown-red next the sun, covered with large, dark-brown russet dots and 

 patches; flesh fine, yellowish- white, juicy, with a very agreeable savor; first; Nov. and Dec. 

 Archiduc d'fete. 1. Leroy Dia. Pom. 1:155, fig- 1867. 



Ognonet. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:135, PI. VIII. 1768. 



An old French variety described under various names at different times and places, 

 the earliest being by Merlet in 1675. It acquired the synonym of Ognonet in the 

 eighteenth century from its swelled onion-like form. Fruit small, obovate-obtuse-pyriform ; 

 pale lively green changing to yellowish-green as it ripens and covered with dark red next 

 the sun with numerous russety dots and some patches of russet; flesh yellowish-white, 

 semi-fine, juicy, gritty, sugary, acid, with a slight flavor of anis; second; July and Aug. 

 Archiduc Jean d'Autriche. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 159. 1832. 2. Mag. Hort. 21:146. 



1855- 



Originated by Van Mons about 181 7 and characterized by him as "admirable;" 

 otherwise undescribed. 

 Archiduchesse d'Autriche. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 483. 1884. 



Raised by Van Mons. Fruit medium or below, globular-turbinate, green, yellowish- 

 green when ripe, blushed with brownish-red, dots and stains of cinnamon-russet; flesh 



