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Amadotte. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:104, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:37, fig. 499. 
1881. 
The Amadotte is of ancient origin and more than one variety appears to have borne 
the name. The one here described is that discussed by Le Lectier, 1620. Fruit medium 
and sometimes larger, pyriform-ovate, variable, orange-yellow, marbled and dotted with 
fawn, especially around the calyx and the stalk, and generally washed with carmine on 
the side of the sun; flesh slightly yellow, fine, buttery, gritty around the core; juice abundant, 
sweet, with a slight flavor of musk; third for eating as dessert, second for cooking; Oct. to 
Jan. 
Amande Double. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 353. 1845. 
Walker. 2. Ibid. 877. 1869. 
The name Amande signifies almond and has reference to its flavor. Amande Double 
is a seedling of Van Mons which probably derives its qualifying name from the fact that it 
has double kernels. In 1834-5 Van Mons sent it to Robert Manning of Salem, Mass., 
under the number 135, and how it acquired the name of Walker in this country is not known. 
Fruit medium, pyriform, slightly obtuse, golden yellow, slightly dotted with fawn, washed 
with carmine on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, gritty at center, 
juice sufficient, sugary, slightly acid, with a delicious flavor of almond; first; late Sept. 
to Nov. 
Amandine. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:109, fig. 1867. 
Obtained about 1857 by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., from a seed-bed made in 1846. 
It was presented to the Horticultural Society of Rouen, September 19, 1858. Fruit 
medium to small, pyriform, obtuse, having one side more swelled than the other, greenish- 
yellow, speckled with fawn; flesh very white, semi-fine, melting, rarely gritty; juice 
abundant, sugary, full of flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Ambrette. 1. Langley Pomona 131, fig. IV. 1729. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:186, 
Pl. XXXI. 1768. 
Ambrette d’Hiver. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:112, fig. 1867. 
A French dessert pear of ancient but uncertain origin. It was mentioned by M. Le 
Lectier of Orléans in 1628 in his catalog, and was shown by him to have been cultivated 
under the name of Trompe-Coquin. It has also been thought to be the pear Myrapia 
mentioned by Pliny, and to have been so named because of the myrrh-like perfume. The 
name Ambrette was given to the variety on account of its musk-like flavor, resembling 
the scent of the flower which in France is called Ambrette. Fruit below medium, globular- 
oval, tapering toward stalk, yellowish-olive; flesh yellowish or greenish-white; formerly 
held in high esteem but now ranking only as second-rate; Nov. to Jan. 
Ambrette @Eté. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:111, fig. 1867. 
This variety was first mentioned in 1628 by Le Lectier under the name Best de Mouil- 
léres. Fruit small, spherical, narrowing a little at the summit, yellowish, often rough to 
the touch, speckled with gray dots and always washed with clear brownish-red on the side 
next the sun; flesh dull white, breaking, containing some grit around the core; juice sufficient, 
sugary, acidulous, rather delicately musky; second; Aug. and Sept. 
