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AMIRE JOANNET {Admiri Joannet ; Joannet ; Jeanette ; Petit 

 St. Jean ; St. Jean ; St. John's Pear; Early Sugar; Sugar Pear; 

 Harvest Pear; Johannisbirn; Kombirn ; Henbirn). — Fruit, small; 

 regularly pyriform. Skin, very smooth, of a pale greenish yellow 

 colour at first, which changes as it ripens to a beautiful deep waxen 

 yellow, and with a faint tinge of red on the side exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, open, with stout erect segments, and placed even with the surface. 

 Stalk, from an inch and a half to an inch and three-quarters long, 

 stout and fleshy at the insertion where it is attached to the fruit with- 

 out depression. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, sugary, and pleasantly 

 flavoured, but soon becomes mealy. 



This is one of the earliest summer pears. It ripens in July, and is 

 called Amire Joannet from being ready for use in some parts of France 

 about St. John's day, the 24th of June. The tree is of small growth, 

 and for standards should be grown on the pear, although for dwarfs it 

 succeeds equally well on the quince. 



Amire Roux. See Summer Archduke. 

 Amoselle. See Bergamotte de HoUande. 

 Amour. See Ah ! mon Dieu. 

 Amory. See Andrews. 



ANANAS [Knoop's Ananasbime ; Ananas Peer). — Fruit, about 

 medium size, two inches and a quarter broad, and about the same in 

 height ; roundish-obovate or bergamot-shaped. Skin, smooth, of a 

 deep lively green colour at first, but changing as it ripens to yellowish 

 green, with a slight tinge of red next th« sun, and strewed with brown 

 russet dots. Eye, large and open, with stout, broad segments, and set 

 in a moderately deep basin. Stalk, from half an inch to an inch long, 

 stout and fleshy at the insertion. Flesh, white, slightly gritty, but juicy 

 and melting, with a rich sugary, aromatic, and musky flavour, sup- 

 posed by some to resemble that of the pine apple : hence the name. 



This is an excellent dessert pear; ripe during the end of September, 

 but does not continue long. 



The Passe Colmar is sometimes found under this name, but it is a totally dis- 

 tinct variety, and it is very diiferent from the Beurri Ananas of the Belgian pom- 

 ologists. This is the Ananas of Knoop. 



ANANAS DE COURTRAI.— Fruit, large, three and a half to four 

 inches long, and two and three-quarters to three inches wide, pyramidal, 

 and often iaclining to oval, undulating and bossed on its surface. Skin, 

 bright green at first, dotted and clouded with fawn-coloured russet, 

 but changing as it ripens to lemon-yeUow. Eye, half open, with 

 downy segments, and set in a shallow uneven depression. Stalk, from 

 three-quarters to one and a quarter inch long, very stout, swollen at 

 its insertion, and attached to the fruit on a level with the surface. 

 Flesh, tender, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, sugary, and per- 

 fumed flavour. 



A very handsome and excellent early pear ; ripe in August. The 



