UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 357 



CLASS II. Embraces varieties many of which are new and untested, and 

 others suited only to certain localities. 



ABBE EDOUARD. 



Foreign. Tree, a beautiful pyramid, very vigorous on Pear and Quince. 

 Fruit, medium, turbinate : skin, bright green, becoming bright yellow at 

 maturity ; flesh, white, half fine, melting, half buttery, juice abundant, 

 sugary, and agreeably perfumed, resembles Janimett. November. 



ABBK MONGEIN. 



Foreign. Fruit, of first quality, immensely large, weighing forty-two 

 ounces, recommended by M. Tourres as a delicious fruit. Ripe March and 

 April. (Hor. Mag.) 



ABBOT. 



From Providence, R. I. Wood, slender, dark reddish, productive. Fruit, 

 medium, oblong obovate, dark green, reddish brown cheek ; calyx, small ; 

 flesh, melting, sugary, sprightly ; core, large. Middle to last September. 



ADAMS. 



American. Wood, short-jointed, moderate healthy grower. Fruit, 

 medium, obtuse ovate pyriform ; deep yellow, tinged with pale red in sun, 

 dotted with russet specks ; stem, short, wrinkled, fleshy, obliquely inserted ; 

 calyx, small, closed ; short segments ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, vinous, 

 perfumed ; core small ; seeds, medium. September and October. New. 

 Originated in Waltham, Mass. First fruited in 1847. 



ADELE DE ST. DENIS. 



Baronne de Mello, | Poire His. 



Foreign. Grows fine and bears abundantly on Quince. Fruit, medium, 

 obovate acute pyriform, yellowish russet ] stem, short, stout, fleshy at base ; 

 flesh, greenish white, melting, juicy, sub-acid ; " very good." Middle 

 October. 



ADELAIDE DE REVES. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, and very fertile on Pear or Quince. Fruit, 

 large enough, roundish. Bergamotte or turbinate skin, bright green, becom- 

 ing lemon yellow at the time of ripening ; flesh, white, half fine, melting, 

 juice very abundant, sugary, vinous, well perfumed, of first quality. Ripo 

 last half of October. (An. Pom.) 



ALEXANDER. 



Originated in the town of Alexander, Genesee Co., N. Y. Young 

 shoots yellowish, rather stout ; leaves, narrow, acuminate, deep green ; 

 fruit, medium or below, obovate, slightly irregular and often one-sided ; 

 stem, one and a quarter inch, curved, fleshy at base, in a shallow cavity ; 

 calyx, small, partly closed; segments, short, irregular; basin, narrow, 

 medium depth ; skin, yellowish green, rather thick, often overspread with 

 cinnamon russet ; flesh, white, a little coarse, and gritty at core, melting, 

 very juicy, with rich, sugary flavor : core, small ; seeds, small, nearly black 

 and pointed. September and October. 



