854 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



ALEXANDKE BIVOET. — Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate, inclining 

 to pyriform, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth at first, 

 of a clear, lively, shining green, marked with a few brown spots and 

 sprinkled with russet, and with a brown russet patch round the stalk ; 

 as it ripens it assumes a yellow colour. Eye, small, irregular, set in a 

 wide shallow basin. Stalk, about three-quarters of an inch long, 

 straight and stout, inserted in a small narrow cavity. Flesh, fine- 

 grained, tender, buttery, and melting ; white with a rosy tinge, very 

 juicy, sugary, and finely perfumed. 



A first-rate dessert pear ; ripe in the end of December and beginning 

 of January. 



This variety was raised from seed by M. Berckmans, and in 1848 was named in 

 honour of M. Alexandre Bivort, the Belgian pomologist. 



ALEXANDEE DE KUSSIE {Kaiser Alexander; Bmrr& Alex- 

 andre). — ^Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a half long and 

 two inches and three-quarters at the widest part. It is somewhat of a 

 pyramidal shape, and slightly curved, and diminishes more towards 

 the stalk than the eye ; the surface is very uneven and knobbed. 

 Skin, smooth, of a light green colour at first, but becoming yellowish 

 green as it ripens, and with a tinge of brownish red on the side which 

 is exposed to the sun, where, also, it is whoUy or partially covered 

 with fine pale brown russet, either in streaks or large patches. Eye, 

 open, with generally stiff and long segments, set in a shallow and 

 narrow basin, surrounded with rather prominent plaits. Stalk, stout 

 and fleshy, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted a little on one side, 

 in a small narrow cavity, with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. 

 Flesh, white and gritty, but very juicy, tender, and buttery, with a 

 rich aromatic land sugary flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in the end of October, and continues 

 in use about a fortnight. The time to have it in perfection is when 

 the skin becomes yellowish. 



The tree is a strong grower, and attains a large size. It succeeds 

 well as a standard, and is an excellent bearer. 



It was raised by M. Bouvier, of Jodoigne, in Belgium, and named in honour of 

 the Emperor Alexander of Kussia. 



ALEXANDEE LAMBEE. — Fruit, even and handsomely shaped, 

 roundish obovate, inclining to doyenne shape. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, of a pale lemon-yellow colour, strewed with minute russety 

 dots and slight markings of russet, and having a deeper shade of yellow 

 on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, with erect tooth- 

 like segments, set in a shallow saucer-Uke basin. Stalk, upwards of 

 an inch long, curved, fleshy at the base, and inserted in a shallow 

 cavity ; sometimes it is not depressed, but inserted on the apex of the 

 fruit. Flesh, white, half melting, and juicy. Juice, sweet and per- 

 fumed, but with little character to recommend it. 



In Belgium this is considered a first-rate variety, and is represented 

 as being buttery and melting. In this country I have never as yet 



