Originated by A. L. Bruce, Grayson County, Tex. Fruit medium to large, pale yellow, blushed with red; flesh buttery, melting; early. =Albertine. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:115. 1856. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:131, fig. 450. 1880. This seedling, raised by Van Mons, was sent by him to Poiteau, author of the _Pomologie Francaise_, who, in 1833, named it after his wife. Fruit small, pyriform-obovate; skin rather thick, firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous very small gray-brown specks, the basic green changing to bright lemon-yellow on the side next the sun; flesh yellow, very fine, dense, buttery, melting; juice abundant, vinous, perfumed; first; Oct. =Alexander. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 449. 1857. Originated at the village of Alexander, Genesee County, N. Y., from seed planted about 1820 by a Mrs. Churchill. It was shown at the Fruit Growers' Society Exhibition held at Buffalo, N. Y., on Sept. 13, 1855. Although very similar to Gray Doyenné, it is distinct. Fruit medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green, nearly overspread with cinnamon-russet except in the shade, and having occasionally a faint brownish blush in the sun; flesh white, rather coarse and somewhat gritty at the center, melting and very juicy, sugary; very good; Dec. to Feb. =Alexander Lucas. 1.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soct. Rpt._ 22. 1884. =2.= _Gard. Mon._ =28=:366. 1886. _Beurre Alexandre Lucas._ =3.= Bunyard _Cat._ 37. 1913-14. This pear was found in a forest in the department of Loire-et-Cher, Fr., in 1871. It was imported to the United States by Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., but never widely disseminated. Fruit large, golden yellow at maturity; flesh half-melting, juicy, vinous; quality good; Nov. to Jan. =Alexandre Bivort. 1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =1=:37, fig. 25. 1866-73. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:97, figs. 1867. Obtained in 1848 by Louis Berckmans and named after Alexandre Bivort, founder of the Society of Van Mons, in Belgium. Fruit small to medium; the two types are spherical, or turbinate inclining to pyriform, respectively; skin smooth, shining green changing to yellow, dotted with russet; flesh white, fine-grained, tender, full of juice, sugary, with perfume of almond; variable in quality; Nov. to Jan. =Alexandre Chomer. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 167. 1889. Raised by M. Liabaud; introduced in 1887. Fruit large; in form similar to Bartlett shortened, clear green passing into yellow at maturity; flesh very fine, melting, juicy; first; Dec. and Jan. =Alexandre de la Herche. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 167. 1889. Raised by M. Sannier who named it after M. de la Herche, a merchant of Beauvais, Oise, Fr. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse-pyriform, sometimes slightly cylindrical; flesh fine, with a pleasant perfume; late Oct. Tree is fairly vigorous and very fruitful and resisted the phenomenal frost in France in the winter of 1879-80. =Alexandre Lambré. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =2=:94, fig. 1854. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 472. 1884.