JANUARY. 
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A good Pear, but not possessing any particular merit to recommend it as an 
addition to existing varieties. It ripens in November, and is very soon gone. 
The tree is of an upright habit of growth, and forms a good pyramid. It 
succeeds well on the quince, and is an excellent bearer. 
This is seedling No. 2015 of Van Mons, and first bore fruit in 1848. 
ABBOTT.— Huvey. 
Identification. —Down. Fr. Amer. 448. 
Fruit medium-sized, obovate, inclining to pyriform, widest at the centre, 
and tapering to either extremity. Skin bright green at first, but changing as 
it ripens to yellowish ; it is strewed all over with grey and crimson dots, has a 
blush of crimson on the side next the sun, and is marked here and there with 
traces of russet and with a patch round the stalk. Eye open, with erect stout 
segments, and placed in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk rather obliquely 
inserted by the side of a fleshy lip, slightly depressed. Flesh white, buttery, 
melting and juicy, but slightly gritty, with a sweet and agreeably perfumed 
flavour. 
A second-rate American Pear, which ripens in the end of September and 
beginning of October ; and which is unworthy of cultivation. 
ACHALZIG.— Liegel. 
Identification. —Liegel Neu. Obst. ii. 91. 
Fruit large, 3 inches long, and 2f- inches broad, abruptly pyramidal. Skin 
green at first, but becoming of a lemon yellow colour as it attains maturity, and 
strewed with white and grey dots, and is rather rough to the feel from being 
covered with small cracks. Eye open, set in a wide shallow basin. Stalk 
2 inches long, somewhat obliquely inserted, with a swelling on one side of it. 
Flesh yellowish-white, slightly gritty, melting, sweet, and richly flavoured. 
This Pear ripens in October, and continues in use for a month afterwards. 
It is a Crimean variety sent into Europe by Mr. Hartwiss, the superintendent 
of the royal garden at Nikita, but has not yet been introduced into this country. 
As several of Mr. Iiartwiss’s fruit have recently come among us, it is quite 
possible that this also may be added to our collections, and I have given this 
description on the authority of Dr. Liegel, so that if it should be introduced 
there may be this to refer to by those who possess no information respect¬ 
ing it- 
ACH AN.— Gibson. 
Identification. —Gibs. Fr. Gard. 329. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. p. 122. 
Synonymes. —Black Achan, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 2. n. 2. Black Auchan, Ibid. ed. 1. n. 26. 
Grey Auchan, Ibid. n. 27. Bed Auchan, Ibid. n. 28. Winter Achan, Acc. Hort. Soc . 
Cat. ed. 3. Black Bess of Castle Menzies, Ibid. 
Fruit below medium size, turbinate, but frequently also of an obovate shape 
when grown to a large size, flattened at the apex. Skin greenish-yellow on 
the shaded side, and strewed with grey russet patches and dots. On the side 
next the sun it is of a dull brown ferrugineous red, covered with large grey 
russetty dots or freckles. Eye large and open, with broad dry reflexed segments, 
and slightly depressed. Stalk an inch long, obliquely inserted under a large 
prominent lip, and surrounded with thin russet. Flesh tender, buttery, juicy, 
sugary, with a rich and aromatic flavour. 
A Scotch desert Pear of first-rate quality, ripe in November and December. 
The tree is a very abundant and regular bearer, particularly when it has 
acquired age. 
The description here given is as the fruit is grown in Scotland, where it is 
