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melting, free from granulations at the center, fairly sugary and vinous; not first class but 
good for preserving; Oct. and Nov. 
Aime Ogereau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:96, fig. 1867. 
Raised in the nurseries of André Leroy, Angers, Fr. It fruited for the first time in 
1862. Fruit medium or small, obovate-obtuse, lemon-yellow, sprinkled with brown dots, 
seldom colored on the sun-exposed side; flesh white, melting, remarkable especially for 
its extreme fineness; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, flavored with a delicious savor of 
musk; first; mid-Sept. 
Aimée Adam. 1. Guide Prat. 75. 1895. 
Raised by Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit rather large, obtuse-pyriform; skin 
fawn; flesh yellowish, semi-melting, sugary, sprightly; third; latter half of Oct. Tree 
vigorous and fertile. : 
Akatsupo. 1. Am. Gard. 12:10, fig. 6. 1891. 
Japanese and common in neighborhood ‘of Tokio. It is rather elongated in shape 
compared with other Japanese varieties, and heavily speckled with large dots; Aug. 
Alamo. 1. Budd-Hansen Am. Hori. Man. 2:232. 1903. 
Originated by A. L. Bruce, Grayson County, Tex. Fruit medium to large, pale yellow, 
blushed with red; flesh buttery, melting; early. 
Albertine. 1. Dochnahl Fihr. Obstkunde 2:115. 1856. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:131, fig. 
450. 1880. 
This seedling, raised by Van Mons, was sent by him to Poiteau, author of the Pomologie 
Francaise, who, in 1833, named it after his wife. Fruit small, pyriform-obovate; skin 
tather thick, firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous very small gray-brown specks, 
the basic green changing to bright lemon-yellow on the side next the sun; flesh yellow, 
very fine, dense, buttery, melting; juice abundant, vinous, perfumed; first; Oct. 
Alexander. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 449. 1857. 
Originated at the village of Alexander, Genesee County, N. Y., from seed planted 
about 1820 by a Mrs. Churchill. It was shown at the Fruit Growers’ Society Exhibition 
held at Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 13, 1855. Although very similar to Gray Doyenné, it is 
distinct. Fruit medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green, nearly overspread 
with cinnamon-russet except in the shade, and having occasionally a faint brownish blush 
in the sun; flesh white, rather coarse and somewhat gritty at the center, melting and very 
juicy, sugary; very good; Dec. to Feb. 
Alexander Lucas. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soct. Rpt. 22. 1884. 2. Gard. Mon. 28:366. 1886. 
Beurre Alexandre Lucas. 3. Bunyard Cat. 37. 1913-14. 
This pear was found in a forest in the department of Loire-et-Cher, Fr., in 1871. It 
was imported to the United States by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., but never 
widely disseminated. Fruit large, golden yellow at maturity; flesh half-melting, juicy, 
vinous; quality good; Nov. to Jan. 
Alexandre Bivort. 1. Mas Le Verger 1:37, fig. 25. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:97, 
figs. 1867. 
Obtained in 1848 by Louis Berckmans and named after Alexandre Bivort, founder 
of the Society of Van Mons, in Belgium. Fruit small to medium; the two types are spheri- 
