242 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Alfred de Madre. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 
A new variety sent out in 1895 by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, 
yellow, dotted with fawn, carmined on the side next the sun; flesh semi-melting, sweet, 
acidulous, with a very agreeable perfume; Oct. 
Alice Payne. 1. Van Lindley Cat. 23. 1892. 
Originated about 1843 near Salem, N. C. In 1892 the original tree was still growing 
when the variety was introduced by J. Van Lindley, Pomona, N. C. Fruit medium to 
large, yellow-white; good; winter. ; 
Allerton. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and submitted by him to the 
fruit committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1866, it having first fruited 
in 1862. Fruit large and handsome, long-pyriform, bright yellow; flesh fine-grained, 
high flavor, rather acid; always markets well; late Oct. 
Alliance franco-russe. 1. Rev. Hort. 116. 1900. 
Raised from seed by Florimond Robitaillé, a horticulturist at Séclin, Fr., and placed 
on the market, in 1897. Recommended for trial by amateurs in 1900 by the President 
of the Pomological Society of France. Fruit medium to large, obovate-pyriform, rather 
similar to the Duchesse d’Angouléme, pale yellow sprinkled with red dots, deeper yellow on 
the side next the sun, and mottled with fawn and numerous russet dots at the base; flesh 
white, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, acidulous, agreeably perfumed: almost very good; 
Oct. to Dec. 
Alouette. 1. Leroy Dici. Pom. 1:101, fig. 1867. 
A chance seedling found by André Leroy in 1850 in the commune of Saulgé-l’Hépital, 
Maine-et-Loire, Fr. The parent tree appeared at that time to be about 80 years old. 
The fruit was introduced in 1855. Fruit small, nearly obtuse, globular-pyriform, greenish- 
yellow, sprinkled with ash-colored spots, and slightly washed with carmine on the side 
toward the sun; flesh coarse, white, breaking and rather gritty; second; mid-Sept. 
Alpha. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:123. 1843. 
Raised by Van Mons, Louvain, Bel., and named and described in the London Horti- 
cultural Society’s catalog of fruits in 1842. Fruit medium, obovate, slightly oblong; 
skin smooth, yellowish-green on the shaded side, and pale brown speckled with minute 
reddish dots on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery; second quality 
dessert; Oct. Tree well adapted for standard or half-standard. 
Alphonse Allegatiére. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 
Described by Simon-Louis Brothers, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, as a new variety. Fruit 
large, clear yellow passing to butter-yellow at maturity; flesh white, very fine, melting, 
sugary; first; Oct. and Nov. 
Alphonse Karr. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:102, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:187, fig. 
I90. 1878. 
Raised in the seed beds of Major Espéren. It was dated 1849 and in 1853 was included 
among trees of the Society Van Mons. Fruit above medium, pyriform-obtuse, depressed 
at the base, golden yellow, dotted and veined with fawn, stained with the same tint round 
the stem and calyx; flesh whitish, very fine, very melting, free from grittiness, juicy, fresh, 
sugary, acidulous, delicately perfumed; first; Nov. and Dec. 
