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the British Pomological Society in 1858 under the name Graham’s Bergamot. It was 
granted a first class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Prior to being 
placed on the market in 1863 it was renamed Autumn Nelis because of the similarity of 
the tree and fruit to Winter Nelis. Fruit rather above medium and equal to a large Winter 
Nelis, obovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, almost entirely covered with brown-russet; flesh 
yellowish, very tender, melting and buttery, with abundance of rich, aromatic, sugary juice 
and having an exquisite flavor; a first class dessert fruit; Oct. 
Avocat Allard. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:173.1867. 2. Jour. Hort. N.S. 19:284, 328. 1870. 
Raised from seed of Doyenné Gris in 1842 by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit small 
to medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, lemon-yellow, much marbled and spotted with 
tusset; flesh yellowish-white and melting; juice very abundant, rich, spicy and very 
delicious; first rate for cooking; Oct. and Nov. 
Avocat Nélis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom.1:173, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:47, fig. 312. 
1880. 
Originated from the seed beds of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., in 1846. Fruit medium, 
oblong-obovate-pyriform, compressed toward the summit, golden-yellow, dotted and 
veined with fawn or russet, slightly colored on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine, 
semi-melting, juicy, apt to be gritty around the core, sweet and perfumed; second-rate; 
Jan. to Apr. 
Avocat Tonnelier. 1. Rev. Hort. 19. 1893. 
The parent tree of Avocat Tonnelier was raised at Nancy, Fr., about the year 1848. 
Fruit medium and above, globular-obtuse-pyriform, swelled at base, good yellow-orange at 
maturity, finely dotted with rose; flesh very dense, white, slightly tinted, melting or slightly 
breaking, juicy, very sugary, of sweet savor, rather recalling that of Bon Chrétien d’Hiver; 
first for cooking; all winter. 
Ayer. 1. U.S. D.A. Yearbook 428, Pl. 52. rorr. 
Originated about 1880 from a chance seedling which sprang up in a vineyard owned 
by O. H. Ayer, Sibley, Kan. It came into bearing about 1888. Fruit medium, obovate, 
light greenish or pale lemon-yellow, frequently having a light scarlet blush on the exposed 
side, and numerous minute russet dots; flesh whitish or yellowish-white, fine, buttery, 
melting, juicy; very good; July and Aug. 
Aylton Red. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 489. 1884. 
A perry pear cultivated in Herefordshire, Eng., and described as “ growing in 
popularity.” Fruit small, globular, turbinate; skin covered with rough, russet dots. 
Azerole. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:174, fig. 1867. 
Azerole is an ancient pear though the date and the circumstances of its origin are 
unknown. Jean Bauhin mentioned it in his ‘‘ Historia Plantarum” published in 1650. 
Fruit very small, oblong or turbinate, yellowish-orange, very finely dotted with fawn, 
and blushed on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish, tender, fine, soft, perfumed, 
rather gritty around the core, juicy, sugary; third; Sept. 
Baguet. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:15, fig. 200. 1879. 
The origin of this pear is uncertain but a bulletin of the Society of Van Mons, 1866, 
placed the name of Baugniet in parenthesis, suggesting thereby that it was raised by M. 
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