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tree is of medium growth and an abundant bearer, suitable either for a 

 standard or pyramid. 



It has been grown rather extensively for many years about Courtrai, but there is 

 uo account preserved of its origin. 



ANANAS D'ETE {King William Pear). — Fruit, above medium 

 size, three inches long and two and a half wide ; obtuse pyriform. 

 Skin, yellowish green, with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun, 

 and almost entirely covered with rough brown russet dots. Eye, open, 

 with short stiff segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, about 

 an inch and a half long, scarcely at all depressed, but generally with 

 a swelling on one side of it. Flesh, delicate, buttery, and melting, 

 with a pleasantly perfumed flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear for northern climates, but only considered 

 second-rate in the south. It ripens in September. The tree succeeds 

 well as a standard, and is a good bearer. Dr. NeiU says, " In the 

 Horticultural Garden at Edinburgh it ripens on a standard in the 

 second week of September." 



Anderson. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 



ANDREWS {Amory ; Gibson). — Fruit, large, three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two and a half wide ; pyriform. Skin, smooth and 

 rather thick, of a pale yellowish green colour, ,with dull red on the 

 side exposed to the sun, and thinly strewed with dots. Eye, open, set 

 in a small and shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, 

 curved, and inserted without depression. Flesh, greenish white, very 

 juicy, with a rich vinous flavour. 



An American dessert pear, highly esteemed on the other side of the 

 Atlantic. It ripens in the middle and end of September. The tree is 

 an excellent and regular bearer, hardy and vigorous, and succeeds well 

 as a standard. In America it is considered one of the very best 

 pears. 



It originated at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was first introduced by a person 

 of the name of Andreves, after whom it was named. The other names given as 

 synonyraes arise from the several parties who occupied the garden where the 

 original tree is growing. 



ANGE {Wahre Englesbirne ; Kleine Wasserbirne ; Kleiiie Engels- 

 birne ; Engelsbime). — Fruit, small, an inch and three-quajters long, 

 and about the same wide ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, of a deep green 

 colour at first, but changing to a yellowish shade as it attains maturity, 

 and with sometimes a tinge of brownish red on the side exposed to 

 the sun ; it is also marked with lines of dark brown russet and 

 patches of light brown. Eye, open, vrith long flat segments, placed in 

 a rather shallow basin, which is somewhat undulating. Stalk, an inch 

 and a half long, slender and woody, and inserted, without depression, 

 by the side of one or two fleshy swellings. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, 

 sugary, and musky-flavoured. 



A very old French dessert pear, of good but not first-rate quality ; 



