PKARS. 3.69 



on a level with the surface of the fruit. Stalk, about an inch long, 

 slendsr, woody, and firm, obliquely inserted on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, fine grained, very juicy and melting, with a rich sugary 

 flavour. 



An escellent and rather richly flavoured pear ; ripe in the end of 

 September and beginning of October, but not superior to many in 

 season ai the same period. 



It was riised by M. Boisbunel, a nurseryman at Boaen, from seed sown in 1846. 

 and the tree first fruited in 1857. 



D' Amble. See Muscat Robert. 



Ambre Gris. See Ambrette d'Hiver. 



Ambrette, See Ambrette d'Hiver. 



Ambrette Grise. See Ambrette d'Hiver. 



AMBRETTE D'HIVER (AmbreUe d'Hiver ; Ambrette Grise; Belle 

 Gabriel ; Trompe Valet ; AmbrS Gris ; Poire d' Ambre ; Trompe Coquin ; 

 Wahre Winter Ambrette ; Winterambrette ; Ambrette mit Dornen). — 

 Eruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a quarter broad, and 

 two inclies and a half long ; obovate or roundish oval, and rounding 

 from ths middle to the apex, but tapering towards the stalk. Skin, 

 somewhit rough, of a greenish yellow colour, covered with reddish 

 brown russet, except when grown in a light soil, and then it is paler 

 and of a light grey colour. Eye, small and open, with flat and reflexed 

 segments placed in a shallow and even basin. Stalk, varying from 

 three-quarters to an inch in length, stout, and inserted in a small 

 cavity, which is considerably furrowed. Flesh, greenish white, very 

 juicy, buttery, and melting, with a rich, sugary, and highly perfumed 

 musky flavour, supposed to resemble the scent of Sweet Sultan, which, 

 in France, is called Ambrette, and hence its name. 



An old French dessert pear, long held in high estimation both in 

 this country and on the Continent, but now ranlung only as a second- 

 rate variety. It is said, when grown in a Ught dry soil and a warm 

 situation it is a richly flavoured and excellent autumn pear. It is in 

 season from November tUl January. 



The tree is an excellent bearer, succeeds best as a standard, either 

 on the pear or quince stock, but with greatest success on the latter. 

 The wood is short and stout, and in training requires to be pruned 

 long. 



AMBROSIA {Early Beurre). — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish ob- 

 ovate, and slightly flattened. Skin, smooth, greenish yeUow, covered 

 with small grey specks and slight marks of russet. Eye, closed, set in 

 a considerable depression. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, 

 inserted in an open cavity. Flesh, tender, buttery, and melting, rich, 

 sugary, and perfumed. 



A delicious summer dessert pear of first-rate quaUty. It ripens in 

 September, but keeps only a few days after being gathered. 



