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sun, and considerably covered with, lines and dots of 

 russet. Stalk an inch long, and thick. Flesh white, 

 half-melting, very juicy, sweet, and aromatic. December 

 till February. 



ALEXANDKINA. A medium sized, early, melting pear, 

 which succeeds well on the quince, perfectly hardy, and 

 forming a handsome Dyramid. Bipe in September. 

 Biv. Cat. 



ALTHOEP CRASANNE. Medium size, roundish-obovate, 

 narrowing rather towards the eye than the stalk. Skin 

 pale green, dotted with russet, brownish next the sun. 

 Stalk an inch and a half long, curved, slender, and mode- 

 rately depressed. Eye with the segments much divided, 

 set in a slightly plaited shallow basin. Flesh white, 

 buttery, juicy, rich, and perfumed. October to Novem- 

 ber. A first-rate pear in some situations. 



Ambree Gris. See Ambrette d'Hiver. 

 Ambrette. See Ambrette d' Hiver. 

 Ainbrette Grise. See Ambrette d' Hiver 



AMBKETTE D'HIVEB (Ambree Gris; Ambrette; Ambrette 

 Grise; Belle Gabrielle; Trompe Valet}. Fruit medium 

 sized, roundish, almost oval. Skin pale green, or greenish- 

 grey. Eye small and open, with flat and rcflexed seg- 

 ments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk about an inch 

 long, stout, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh white 

 when grown on the quince, and tinged with green when 

 grown on the pear stock, rich, melting, and juicy, with an 

 agreeable musky perfume, supposed to resemble that of 

 Ambergris, and from which its name is derived. A very 

 good dessert pear ; in season from November to January. 



AMBROSIA (Early Beurre). Fruit medium sized, 

 roundish, depressed, and rather more swollen on one 

 side than the other. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with 

 gre t y specks. Eye small, closed with short segments, and 

 set in a wide and rather deep basin. Stalk long and 

 slender, rather deeply inserted. Flesh tender, melting, 

 juicy, and highly perfumed. Eipe in September. 



Amiral. See Arbre Combe. 



AMIRE JOANNET (Joannet; Petit St. Jean; St. Jean; 

 Early Sugary Harvest Pear}. Fruit small, regularly 

 pyriform. Skin very smooth, at first of a pale greenish- 

 yellow colour, which changes as it ripens to deep waxen 



