A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and submitted by him to the fruit committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1866, it having first fruited in 1862. Fruit large and handsome, long-pyriform, bright yellow; flesh fine-grained, high flavor, rather acid; always markets well; late Oct. =Alliance franco-russe. 1.= _Rev. Hort._ 116. 1900. Raised from seed by Florimond Robitaillé, a horticulturist at Séclin, Fr., and placed on the market, in 1897. Recommended for trial by amateurs in 1900 by the President of the Pomological Society of France. Fruit medium to large, obovate-pyriform, rather similar to the Duchesse d'Angoulême, pale yellow sprinkled with red dots, deeper yellow on the side next the sun, and mottled with fawn and numerous russet dots at the base; flesh white, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, acidulous, agreeably perfumed; almost very good; Oct. to Dec. =Alouette. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:101, fig. 1867. A chance seedling found by André Leroy in 1850 in the commune of Saulgé-l'Hôpital, Maine-et-Loire, Fr. The parent tree appeared at that time to be about 80 years old. The fruit was introduced in 1855. Fruit small, nearly obtuse, globular-pyriform, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with ash-colored spots, and slightly washed with carmine on the side toward the sun; flesh coarse, white, breaking and rather gritty; second; mid-Sept. =Alpha. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:123. 1843. Raised by Van Mons, Louvain, Bel., and named and described in the London Horticultural Society's catalog of fruits in 1842. Fruit medium, obovate, slightly oblong; skin smooth, yellowish-green on the shaded side, and pale brown speckled with minute reddish dots on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery; second quality dessert; Oct. Tree well adapted for standard or half-standard. =Alphonse Allegatière. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 103. 1895. Described by Simon-Louis Brothers, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, as a new variety. Fruit large, clear yellow passing to butter-yellow at maturity; flesh white, very fine, melting, sugary; first; Oct. and Nov. =Alphonse Karr. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:102, fig. 1867. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =3=:187, fig. 190. 1878. Raised in the seed beds of Major Espéren. It was dated 1849 and in 1853 was included among trees of the Society Van Mons. Fruit above medium, pyriform-obtuse, depressed at the base, golden yellow, dotted and veined with fawn, stained with the same tint round the stem and calyx; flesh whitish, very fine, very melting, free from grittiness, juicy, fresh, sugary, acidulous, delicately perfumed; first; Nov. and Dec. =Amadotte. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:104, fig. 1867. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:37, fig. 499. 1881.