THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 237 
Achalzig. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:180. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 467. 1884. 
A Russian variety sent from the Crimea into Europe by a Mr. Hartwiss, superintendent 
of the royal garden at Nikita, where it originated in 1851. Fruit large, abruptly pyramidal, 
green changing at maturity to lemon-yellow, strewn with white and gray dots; flesh 
yellowish, rather gritty, melting, sweet, rich; good; Oct. 
Achan. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:130. 1843. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 467. 1884. 
This well-known Scotch dessert pear is probably of Norwegian origin. It is suitable 
only to a northern climate. Fruit below medium, turbinate but often obovate when grown 
to a large size, greenish-yellow on the shaded side, strewed with gray-russet patches and 
dots; on the exposed cheek it is of a dull, ferruginous red; flesh tender, buttery, sugary, 
juicy, with a rich, aromatic flavor; Nov. and Dec. 
Acidaline. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:164. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 468. 1884. 
A seedling of Van Mons. It was in 1833 sent to the Horticultural Society of Paris 
under the number 1253 and acquired the name Acidaline from its extreme acidity. Fruit 
above medium, obovate, shining bright green changing to yellow-green at maturity, mottled 
with red on the side next the sun and dotted all over with reddish-brown specks; flesh 
whitish-yellow, semi-buttery, semi-melting, gritty around the middle, sourish, very juicy; 
third for dessert, first for cooking; Oct. 
Acme. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1895. 
Raised by A. Block, Santa Clara, Cal. Fruit large, pyriform, yellow, russeted, red 
cheek; flesh breaking, melting, juicy and vinous. 
Adams. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:464, fig. 21. 1854. 2. Hovey Fr. Am. 2:91, Pl. 1851. 
Raised from seed of Seckel planted in 1836 by Dr. H. Adams, Waltham, Mass. It first 
bore fruit in 1848. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh 
white, vinous; first; early Sept. 
Adélaide de Réves. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 469. 1884. 
Madame Adélaide de Réves. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:97, fig. 1855. 
A seedling, found about 1850 in the gardens of the Society Van Mons, Belgium. 
Fruit medium, turbinate; skin smooth, bright green changing to lemon-yellow, dotted 
with fawn and marked with brown-black patches, slightly colored with reddish-brown 
on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, well 
perfumed; first; late Oct. 
Adéle Lancelot. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:86, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:95, fig. 144. 
1878. 
Alexandre Bivort obtained this pear in 1851 at Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit variable in size 
but generally above medium, turbinate, swelled, obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted all over 
and streaked with russet and often covered with black stains; flesh white, semi-fine, rather 
soft, melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, with a delicate, buttery 
flavor; first. 
Adéle de Saint-Denis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:85, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 460. 
1884. 
Adéle. 3. Le Bon Jard. 356. 1882. 
Raised by M. Guéraud, Saint-Denis, near Paris, about 1840. Fruit medium, obtuse- 
