Attributed to Mortillet, 1873. Fruit medium, turbinate, intense green, changing to decided yellow; flesh very fine, melting, highly aromatic; Sept. Tree vigorous and prolific. Recommended for wind-exposed situations. =Ah-Mon-Dieu.= =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:93, fig. 1867. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 470. 1884. This pear has had various names and is of ancient and obscure origin. Ah-Mon-Dieu is attributed to the exclamation of those words by King Louis XIV, who when visiting his gardens saw this pear tree heavily laden with fruit. Fruit small, obovate, lemon-yellow, dotted with russet, washed with lively rose on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, breaking, not very juicy nor sugary, but full of perfume and flavor; good, but does not keep long after being gathered; Sept. =Agua de Valence= (See page 250). =Aigue.= =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:95, fig. 1867. This variety is thought to have originated in the commune of Saint-Germain, Vendée, Fr., where the trees are to be found in abundance from 100 to 200 years old. Fruit small, ovate, generally a little pointed at the top, bronzed all over and rough to the touch, wrinkling freely at maturity; flesh yellowish, firm, breaking, somewhat gritty; juice sufficient, acidulous, deficient in sugar, almost insipid and sometimes having a delicate, musky flavor; third for dessert, second for kitchen use, but very variable; Nov. to Mar. =Aiken.= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =1=:69, fig. 35. 1872. This is believed to be an American variety. Mas received it from Downing and thought it had been raised in the suburbs of Aiken, S. C. Fruit medium, obovate, entirely covered with a fine russet on which are some dots, but at maturity the russet changes to a rich gold and the cheek next the sun sometimes becomes blushed; flesh white, buttery, melting, free from granulations at the center, fairly sugary and vinous; not first class but good for preserving; Oct. and Nov. =Aime Ogereau. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:96, fig. 1867. Raised in the nurseries of André Leroy, Angers, Fr. It fruited for the first time in 1862. Fruit medium or small, obovate-obtuse, lemon-yellow, sprinkled with brown dots, seldom colored on the sun-exposed side; flesh white, melting, remarkable especially for its extreme fineness; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, flavored with a delicious savor of musk; first; mid-Sept. =Aimée Adam. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 75. 1895. Raised by Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit rather large, obtuse-pyriform; skin fawn; flesh yellowish, semi-melting, sugary, sprightly; third; latter half of Oct. Tree vigorous and fertile. =Akatsupo. 1.= _Am. Gard._ =12=:10, fig. 6. 1891. Japanese and common in neighborhood of Tokio. It is rather elongated in shape compared with other Japanese varieties, and heavily speckled with large dots; Aug. =Alamo. 1.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ =2=:232. 1903.