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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
ARCHIDUCHESSE D’AUTMCHE.— Van Mans. 
Identification. —Van Mons Cat. 2. ser. No. 594. Diel. Syst. Verz. ii. 102. 
Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. No. 14. 
Synonymes. —Erzherzogin, Liegel, N. 0. ii. 89: Haniib. der Obst. ii. 221. 
Figure. —Handb. der Obst. ii. 221. 
Fruit below medium size, 2^ inches wide and 2 high, bergamot-shaped, or 
rather roundish-turbinate. Skin green at first, but becoming yellowish green 
as it ripens ; brownish red next the sun, marked with a few thin streaks of 
deeper and brighter red, and on the shaded side marked with large dots and 
freckles of cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye open, set in a wide shallow basin. 
Stalk 1£ inch long, straight, woody, and inserted in a small round cavity. 
Flesh white, half melting, slightly gritty at the core, juicy, sweet, and with a 
rather rich flavour. 
A second-rate dessert Pear, ripe in the middle of September. The tree is 
a strong grower and a good bearer. It was raised by Van Mons. 
ARLEQUIN MUSQUE.— Van Mons. 
Identification and Figure. —Annales de Pom. 
Fruit large, 3 inches broad and 3J high, roundish, obovate, even and 
regular in its outline. 
Skin smooth, of a fine 
bright green at first, but 
becoming lemon yellow 
as it attains maturity, 
and dotted all over with 
brown dots. Eye rather 
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large and open,with short 
tooth-like segments, and 
set in a wide basin. Stalk 
about half an inch long, 
stout, and inserted on the 
apex of the fruit without 
depression. Flesh white, 
buttery, melting, juicy, 
and sweet, with a power¬ 
ful musky perfume. 
A second-rate Pear, 
ripe in the end of Sep¬ 
tember. 
The tree is a good 
and regular bearer, and 
was raised by Van Mons 
about the year 1823. 
ARTHUR BIVORT. 
Bivcrt. 
Identification and Fi¬ 
gure. —Alb. de Pom. iv. 77. 
Fruit above medium 
size, 3£ inches long and 
broad, of a pyramidal shape, and blunt-ended at the stalk, not unlike 
Beurre de Ranee in shape. Skin smooth, of a clear grass green, assuming a 
yellowish tinge as it attains maturity, slightly dotted with russet, and some¬ 
times with a little colour on the side next the sun. Eye open, with spreading 
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