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■wide, short pyriform, inclining to turbinate, even and regular in its outline. 
Skin smooth, of a bright green colour at first, but becoming lemon yellow as 
it attains maturity, strewed with dots and patches of brown russet, particularly 
at the two extremities, and sometimes with a faint tinge of pale crimson on 
the side next the sun. Eye uneven, sometimes wanting, with stiff segments, 
and set in a rather deep cavity. Stalk 1 % inch long, slender, curved, and 
woody, inserted without depression on the apex of the fruit, and with a fleshy 
excrescence at its base. Flesh white, tender, melting, very juicy, sugary, and 
with a richly-flavoured and vinous juice. 
An excellent Pear, ripe in the end of October. It is a posthumous seed¬ 
ling of Van Mons, and was named by M. Bivort in honour of Madame 
Adelaide de Reves. Though an excellent autumn Pear it is not superior to 
many other well-known sorts that ripen at the same season. 
ADELE LANCELOT.— Bivort. 
This is a fruit I have never seen. It is one of Van Mons’ posthumous 
seedlings, and is said to be of very large size; of pyriform inclining to 
turbinate shape, and of a pale yellow or cream colour, shaded with rose. The 
flesh is 'white, pretty fine, buttery, melting, and juicy ; the juice sugary, 
vinous, and with an almond flavour. 
It is said to be of first-rate quality, and to be in use from October to 
December; but I am not aware that it has ever been proved in this country. 
AH! MON DIEU.— Duh. 
Identification. —Duh. Arb. Fruit, ii. 154. Lindl. Or. 362. 
Synonymes. —Mon Dieu, Merlet Abrege. Quint. Inst. i. 199. D’Amour, Hort. Soc. 
Cat. ed. 3. 129. n. 9. Bon Dieu, Feuille cle Cult. 2. D’Abondance, Balbret Arb. Fruit. 330. 
Petite Fertile, Ibid. 107. Jargonelle d’Automne, Acc. Knoop Pom. 136. Belle Fertile, Ibid. 
Poire Benite, Ibid. Mont Dieu, Ibid. Rothpunctirte Liebesbirne, Biel Kernobst. ix. 96. 
Lieb-birne, Zink. Pom. No. 47. tab. v. Haberbirne Christ Handworterb. 180. Herbst- 
jargonelle, Mayer Pom. Franc, iii. t. 71. No. 96. Acb Mein G-ott, Kraft Pom. Aust. t. 93. f. 2. 
Liebesbirne, Handb. der Obst. ii. 243. Gezeegende Peer, Knoop Pom. tab. vi. 
Figures. —Knoop Pom. tab. vi. Handb. der Obst. 243. 
Fruit small, about 2 inches wide and rather more than 2% inches long, 
obovate. Skin smooth, pale green at first, but changing as it ripens to pale 
lemon yellow on the shaded side, and almost covered with crimson, which is 
dotted and streaked with darker crimson on the side next the sun. Eye small, 
half open, with stout erect segments, and set in a very shallow depression. 
Stalk an inch long, slightly curved, and inserted by the side of a swollen lip, 
or with fleshy rings at its base, and without being depressed. Flesh yellowish- 
white, tender, very juicy, with a fine sugary and perfumed flavour. 
A nice little autumn Pear, ripe in September; but, like many other sorts 
of that season, it does not keep long after being gathered, it generally becoming 
mealy about ten days afterwards. 
The tree is a very abundant and regular bearer, and succeeds well as a 
standard or pyramid, whether on the pear or the quince stock. It is a strong 
and robust grower. 
This variety is nearly allied to the Rousselet de Rheims, to which it bears 
some resemblance in the habit of the tree, as well as in the appearance of the 
fruit. It is called Belle Fertile, from its great productiveness; and it is said 
that Louis XIV., when he saw the tree covered with such a quantity of fruit, 
exclaimed, “ Ah ! mon Dieu ! ” hence the origin of its name. I have preferred 
here the original name to that of d’Amour, adopted in the Horticultural 
Society’s Catalogue, and by which, Duhamel states, it is known in some parts of 
