860 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



, The tree is a good bearer, a hardy and vigorous grower, and suc- 

 ceeds well as a standard, either on the pear or quince stock. 



It is related by Switzer that this variety was introduced from France " imong 

 that noble collection of fruit that was planted in the Royal Gardens in St. /ames's 

 Park soon after the Restoration, but is now (1724) cut down." Although stated 

 by Switzer to be originally from France, I iind no record of it in any French author 

 under this name. Jahn, in the " Handbiich," considers it synonymous wth Diel's 

 Braunrothe Pomeranzbirne, which Metzger says is the same as Orange rqige of the 

 French authors, but I am convinced it is not the same as the latter. 



AMELIE LECLERC. — Fruit, about medium sized, two inches and 

 a half wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; round/sh ovate, 

 somewhat uneven in its outline. Skin, pale lemon-yello-W, strewed 

 with patches and veins of russet, and with a hvely blush on the side 

 next the sun. Eye, large, half open and placed almost on a level with 

 the surface. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy at the base and inserted in a 

 small narrow cavity. Flesh, white, firm, juicy, and melting, with a 

 rich, sweet, and perfumed flavour. 



A fruit of great excellence ; ripe during September and October. The 

 tree is an abundant bearer and makes handsome pyramids on the quince. 



It was raised by M. Leon Leclerc, of Laval, the original tree having first fruited 

 in 1850, and it was named in compliment to one of his daughters. 



AMIRAL [Gardinale ; Portugal d'Ete; De Prime). — Fruit, very 

 large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches high; turbi- 

 nate ; a little uneven in its outline, and more swollen on one side than 

 the other. Skin, dark greenish yellow, very much covered with ashy 

 grey russet near the stalk, and almost entirely covered with lively red 

 next the sun. Eye, small, half open, with short horny segments set in 

 a wide and deep basin. Stalk, about an inch long, stout, fleshy at the 

 base and obliquely inserted. Flesh, white, tender, melting, buttery, 

 very juicy, sweet, and rich, with a fine anise aroma. 



A very large and handsome fruit ; ripe during September, and then 

 blets very rapidly. 



It is a very old French pear, and known to have been in cultivation for nearly 

 three centuries. It is quite distinct from Arbre Courbe and Colmar Charnay, with 

 which it has been made synonymous. 



AMIRAL CECILE. — Fruit, large, three inches and a half long, and 

 about the same in diameter ; roundish obovate. Skin, at first of a 

 deep green colour, thickly covered with grey russet, becoming of a 

 lemon-yellow colour as it attains maturity. Eye, large and open, with 

 short stunted segments. Stalk, very short and slender, not more than 

 half an inch long, inserted in a small and uneven cavity. Flesh, fine- 

 grained, buttery, and melting, slightly gritty at the core, remarkably 

 juicy, sugary, and perfumed. 



A first-rate dessert pear ; ripe in the end of October, and lasting in 

 use till Christmas. The tree is very hardy, a vigorous grower, and an 

 abundant bearer. 



■ It was raised by M. Boisbunel, of Rouen, from seed sown in 1846, and first pro- 

 duced fruit in 1858. 



