PEABS. 853 



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ADELE LANCELOT. — Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform, even, and 

 regular in its outline. Skin, yellow, tinged all over with green, and 

 with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with long 

 segments, set in a deep basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, stout, 

 and curved, inserted without depression on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, dry, not juicy, and insipid. 



Ripe in October and November, when it early becomes mealy. 



Admire Joannet. See Amird Joannet. 



AHl MON DIEU {Mon Dieu; D' Amour ; Bon Bieu; D'Abon- 

 dance ; Petite Fertile ; Jargonelle d'Automne ; Belle Fertile ; Poire 

 Benite ; Mont Dieu ; Bothpunctirte Liesbesbirne ; lAeb-birne ; Haber- 

 birne ; Herbst Jargonelle ; Ach Mein Gott ; Liebesbime ; Oezeegende 

 Peer). — Fruit, small, about two inches wide and rather more than two 

 inches and a quarter long ; obovate. Skin, smooth, pale green at first, 

 but changing as it ripens to pale lemon-yellow on the shaded side, and 

 almost covered with crimson, which is dotted and streaked with darker 

 crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, small, half open, with stout 

 erect segments, and set in a very shallow depression. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slightly curved, and inserted by the side of a swollen lip, or with 

 fleshy rings at its base, and without being depressed. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, tender, very juicy, with a fine sugary and perfumed flavour. 



A nice little autumn pear, ripe in September ; but, like many other 

 sorts of that season, it does not keep long after being gathered, it 

 generally becoming mealy about ten days afterwards. 



The tree is a very abundant and regular bearer, and succeeds well as 

 a standard or pyramid, whether on the pear or the quince stock. It is 

 a strong and robust grower. 



This variety is nearly allied to the Rouaselet de Eheims, to which it bears some 

 resemblance in the habit of the tree, as well as in the appearance of the fruit. It 

 is called Belle Fertile, from its great productiTeness ; and it is said that Louis 

 XIV., when he saw the tree covered with such a quantity of fruit, exclaimed, " Ah I 

 mon Dieu I " hence the origin of its name. I have preferred here the original 

 name to that of d'Amour, adopted in the Horticultural Society's Catalogue, and by 

 which, Duhamel states, it is known in some parts of France, to prevent any confu- 

 sion between this and the Tresor of Duhamel, which is also called d'Amour, and 

 which is a fruit of very large size. 



Albert. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 

 Albertine. See Doyenne Boussoch. 



ALEXANDER. — Fruit, medium sized ; irregularly obovate, inclining 

 to oblong, somewhat one-sided. Skin, yellowish green, dotted, striped, 

 and splashed with russet, and slightly tinged with red next the sun. 

 Eye, small and partially closed. Stalk, slender, rather long, curved, 

 fleshy at its insertion, and inserted in a moderately deep cavity by the 

 side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, white, a Uttle coarse and gritty, very juicy, 

 melting, sugary, and rich. 



An American pear, said to be of good quality. 



