PEARS. 



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PEARS. 



AbM Edouard. Medium, obo- 

 vate, bright green becoming 

 yellow ; juicy, half-melting, 

 agreeable. November. Bel- 

 gian. 



Abbott, p. 525. 



Adams, p. 515. 



Adelaide de R6ves. Medium, 

 roundish, green becoming yel- 

 low; very juicy, melting, rich, 

 vinous. October. Belgian. 



Adele de St. Denis. See Ba- 

 ronne de Mello. 



Albret. Medium, long pyriform, 

 yellow, russeted, very juicy, 

 buttery and melting, rich ; very 

 good. October. 



Alenjon, p. 541. 



Alexander. Medium, oblong 

 obovate, greenish and russet; 

 juicy, melting, rich, very good. 

 October. N. Y. 



Alexandre Lambre, p. 541. 



Alexandrina. Medium, round- 

 ish, obovate, yellow, with a 

 red cheek; melting, rich; very 

 good. September. 



Alice Payne. Medium, yellow 

 white. Winter. N. C. 



Almond Pear. See Beurr€ 

 Amanda. 



Alpha, p. 515. 



Alphonse Karr. See Soldat 

 Laboureur. 



Althorpe Crassane. Medium, 

 roundish-ovate, pale green ; 

 juicy, not rich. October. 



Amadotte. Large, pyriform; 

 coarse; juicy, often astringent 

 and worthless. October. 



Amalis, p. 525. 



Amanda. Medium, long pyri- 

 form, dull green, rough; but- 

 tery, juicy; very 'good. Sep- 

 tember. Belgian. 



Amanlis. See Amalis. 



Ambrosia. Medium, roundish, 

 obovate; buttery, without 

 much flavor. September. 

 French. 



Amir€ Joannet. Small, short 

 pyriform, greenish-yellow, 

 crimson dotted; becoming 

 mealy. Middle of July. 

 Worthless and superseded. 



Amory. See Andrews. 



Ananas. See Henry IV. 



Ananas de Courtral. See Ananas 

 d'Et^. 



Ananas d'Et^, p. 515. 



Andre Desportes. Medium, obo- 

 vate pyriform, pale green, juicy 

 and melting. Summer. 

 France. 



Andrews, p. 515. 



Angel. Large, handsome, early, 

 poor. Ghent, N. Y. 



Angora. See Pound. 



Angouleme, p. 515. 



Angleterre. Medium, pyriform, 

 dull green; juicy, melting, 

 pleasant, not rich. September. 



Anjou, p. 525. 



Arbre Courbre. Medium, pyri- 

 form, greenish; coarse; half- 

 melting, astringent. Septem- 

 ber. 



Aremberg, p. 537. 



Assomption. Large, irregular 

 pyriform, yellow, reddened to- 

 ward the sun; juicy and melt- 

 ing ; partly coarse ; of moder- 



