Fruit small, short, obtuse, ventriculous; skin smooth and tender, lemon-yellow with a soft, rosy blush; flesh granular, semi-melting, sweet, with an aroma of cinnamon; first for dessert; July and Aug. =Abele de St Denis.= =1.= McIntosh _Bk. Gard._ =2=:459. 1855. Described in 1855 as a "comparatively new or recently introduced pear" in England. Fruit large; excellent for dessert. =Abercromby.= =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 654. 1869. A wilding found in Tallapoosa County, Ala. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, greatest breadth at center; skin rough, greenish-yellow, russeted, with a mottled, red cheek; flesh whitish, coarse, moderately juicy, sweet, slightly vinous; good; Aug. =Achalzig.= =1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:180. 1856. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 467. 1884. A Russian variety sent from the Crimea into Europe by a Mr. Hartwiss, superintendent of the royal garden at Nikita, where it originated in 1851. Fruit large, abruptly pyramidal, green changing at maturity to lemon-yellow, strewn with white and gray dots; flesh yellowish, rather gritty, melting, sweet, rich; good; Oct. =Achan.= =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:130. 1843. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 467. 1884. This well-known Scotch dessert pear is probably of Norwegian origin. It is suitable only to a northern climate. Fruit below medium, turbinate but often obovate when grown to a large size, greenish-yellow on the shaded side, strewed with gray-russet patches and dots; on the exposed cheek it is of a dull, ferruginous red; flesh tender, buttery, sugary, juicy, with a rich, aromatic flavor; Nov. and Dec. =Acidaline.= =1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:164. 1856. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 468. 1884. A seedling of Van Mons. It was in 1833 sent to the Horticultural Society of Paris under the number 1253 and acquired the name Acidaline from its extreme acidity. Fruit above medium, obovate, shining bright green changing to yellow-green at maturity, mottled with red on the side next the sun and dotted all over with reddish-brown specks; flesh whitish-yellow, semi-buttery, semi-melting, gritty around the middle, sourish, very juicy; third for dessert, first for cooking; Oct. =Acme.= =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 68. 1895. Raised by A. Block, Santa Clara, Cal. Fruit large, pyriform, yellow, russeted, red cheek; flesh breaking, melting, juicy and vinous. =Adams.= =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =20=:464, fig. 21. 1854. =2.= Hovey _Fr. Am._ =2=:91, Pl. 1851. Raised from seed of Seckel planted in 1836 by Dr. H. Adams, Waltham, Mass. It first bore fruit in 1848. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh white, vinous; first; early Sept. =Adélaïde de Rèves.= =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 469. 1884. _Madame Adélaïde de Rêves._ =2.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =3=:97, fig. 1855.