662 THE PEAR. 



Cavity slight, sometimes a lip. Calyx open. Flesh whitish, juicy, 

 melting, sweet, and pleasant. Good to very good. October. 



APPLE PEAR. 

 Pomoire. Poire-Pomme. Beurre de Rackenheim. 



Fruit below medium, round or roundish oblate. Skin covered with 

 cinnamon russet, unless in the shade, when it is a dirty yellow green, 

 with russet marblings. Flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy. Good. 

 October. 



ARBRE COURBE. 

 Amiral. Colmar Charnay. 



Tree vigorous, with irregular crooked branches. Young wood yel- 

 lowish brown, with many specks, angled or bent from joint to joint. 



Fruit medium or large, oval pyriform. Skin greenish yellow, with 

 patches and russet dots. Stalk large and fleshy. Calyx open. Basin 

 broad and shallow. Flesh whitish, coarse, half buttery, melting, juicy, 

 slightly astringent. Good. Ripe last of September. 



ARLEQUIN MUSQUE. 



An old Pear, but little known. 



Fruit large, obovate pyriform. Skin yellowish green, with mar- 

 blings and dots of brown. Calyx large, open. Flesh white, buttery, 

 melting, sweet. Good. Last of September. 



ARTHUR BIVORT. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous. 



Fruit above medium, oblong obtuse pyriform, green, becoming yel- 

 lowish at maturity, dotted with red in the sun. Stalk curved in a 

 slight cavity. Calyx open. Flesh white, half fine, melting, juicy, vi- 

 nous. October. (Alb. Pom.) 



ASTON TOWN 



Fruit small, roundish turbinate. Skin pale yellowish, with brown 

 specks. Flesh soft, buttery, moderately sweet, perfumed. Hardly 

 good. Middle and last of September. 



AUDIBERT. 

 Belle Audibert. 



Fruit large, obovate obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, orange in sun. 

 Flesh white, breaking, granulated, acidulous. Good for stewing only. 

 November. 



AUGUSTS JURIE. 



A seedling of M. Fortune, Willermoz, France. Tree moderately 

 vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit small, oblate pyriform, yellow, shaded with dark red in the 

 sun. Flesh white, half melting, juicy, slightly vinous, and slightly 

 musky. Good. August; 



