866 THE FE0IT MANUAL. 



Ardente de Printemps. See Colmar d'Aremberg. 

 D'Aremberg. See Colmar d'Aremberg. 



AKLEQUIN MUSQUE.— Fruit, large, three inches broad and 

 three and a quarter high ; roundish obovate, even and regular in its 

 outline. Skin, smooth, of a fine bright gi-een at first, but becoming 

 lemon-yellow as it attains maturity, and dotted all over with brown 

 dots. Eye, rather large and open, with short tooth-like segments, and 

 set in a wide basin. Stalk, about half an inch long, stout, and inserted 

 on the apex of the fruit without depression. Flesh, white, buttery, 

 melting, juicy, and sweet, with a powerful musky perfume. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of September. The tree is a good 

 and regular bearer, and was raised by Van Mons about the year 1823. 



Arteloire. See St. Oermain. 



AKMAND PEEVOST. — ^Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 half wide and three inches high ; oblong obovate, narrowing from the 

 bulge to the eye, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, of a fine golden yellow, with an orange cheek minutely dotted 

 with russet. Eye, small and open, with erect, acute segments pro- 

 minent. Stalk, woody, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted on the 

 end of the fruit beside a fleshy lip. Flesh, half melting, not very juicy, 

 and without much flavour. 



A pretty but worthless pear ; ripe in the middle of October, and 

 soon becomes mealy. 



AKTHUK BIVOKT. — Fruit, above medium size, three inches and 

 three-quarters long, and two and three-quarters broad ; of a pyramidal 

 shape, and blunt-ended at the stalk, not unlike Beurre de Ranee in 

 shape. Skin, smooth, of a clear grass green, assuming a yellowish 

 tinge as it attains maturity, slightly dotted with russet, and sometimes 

 with a little colour on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with spreading 

 segments, and placed on a level with the surface of the fruit, the seg- 

 ments lying back leaf-hke on the fruit. Stalk, woody, curved, brown, 

 an inch and a quarter long, obliquely inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 white, half fine, buttery, and melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, and with 

 an agreeable perfume. 



A good pear ; ripe in the end of October. 



This is a seedling of Van Mons, which did not fruit till 1850. M. Bivort named 

 it in honour of his brother. 



Asperge d'Hiver. See Beguesne. 



ASTON TOWN. — Fruit, rather below the medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide and the same in height ; roundish obovate. Skin, 

 rather rough, pale green at first, but changing as it ripens to pale 

 yellow, and thickly covered with brown russet spots. Eye, small, 

 nearly closed, and set in a small shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a 

 half long, slender, and without depression, and with a swollen lip on 



