660 THE PEAR. 



Fruit large, pyriform, slightly obtuse, surface uneven. Skin pale 

 yellow, with a warm brown red cheek in the sun, more or less marbled, 

 some dots and patches of russet brown. Flesh white, fine, juicy, mild, 

 sweet, musky, delicate perfume. Yery good. Last of August and early 

 in September. 



ANANAS D'ETE. 



Ananas (of Manning and of Leroy). Ananas Frangais. 



Du Bouchet. Summer Pine-apple. 



Favori Musque. 



An old variety, from Holland, which here is one of our best late 

 summer or early autumn Pears. Tree very vigorous. Young shoots 

 strong, of a rich reddish-yellowish brown, with prominent sharp-pointed 

 buds, and oblong white specks. 



Fruit rather large, pyriform, or occasionally obtuse at the stalk. 

 Skin pale yellow, with a little brown on one side, and much covered 

 with large, rough, brown russet dots. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, 

 inserted sometimes in a blunt cavity, sometimes without depression, by 

 the side of a lip. Calyx open, with short divisions. Basin shallow. 

 Flesh fine-grained, buttery, and melting, with a sweet, perfumed, and 

 high flavor. Yery good. September and October. 



ANDRE DESPORTES. 



Originated in the gardens of M. Andre Leroy, in France, 1854. 



Fruit medium, obovate obtuse pyriform, oblique. Skin greenish 

 yellow, with patches of fawn and bronze in the sun. Flesh yellowish 

 white, fine, juicy, melting, granulous at the core, sugary acid. July. 

 (Leroy.) 



ANDREWS. 

 Beurre Oudinot? Amory. Gibson. 



The Andrews is a favorite native seedling, found in the neighbor- 

 hood of Dorchester, and first introduced to notice by a gentleman of 

 Boston, whose name it bears. It is of excellent flavor, but variable and 

 subject to rot at the core. 



Fruit rather large, pyriform, one-sided. Skin smooth, and rather 

 thick, pale yellowish green, with a dull red cheek, and a few scattered 

 dots. Stalk about an inch and a quarter long, curved, and set in a very 

 shallow, blunt depression, or often without depression. Calyx open, 

 placed in a small basin. Flesh greenish white, full of juice, melting, 

 with a fine vinous flavor. Good to very good. Early in September. 

 The Beurre Oudinot, as we have received it, has always proved identical 

 with our Andrews, but Leroy claims it a distinct sort. 



ANGELIQUE DE BORDEAUX. 



Gros Franc Eeal d'Hiver. St. Martial. 



CristaUine. Molle Bouche d'Hiver. 



A variety from France. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin yellowish green in the shade, 

 brownish red in the sun, with brown dots. Stalk fleshy at insertion. 



