The Amadotte is of ancient origin and more than one variety appears to have borne the name. The one here described is that discussed by Le Lectier, 1620. Fruit medium and sometimes larger, pyriform-ovate, variable, orange-yellow, marbled and dotted with fawn, especially around the calyx and the stalk, and generally washed with carmine on the side of the sun; flesh slightly yellow, fine, buttery, gritty around the core; juice abundant, sweet, with a slight flavor of musk; third for eating as dessert, second for cooking; Oct. to Jan. =Amande Double. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 353. 1845. _Walker._ =2.= _Ibid._ 877. 1869. The name Amande signifies almond and has reference to its flavor. Amande Double is a seedling of Van Mons which probably derives its qualifying name from the fact that it has double kernels. In 1834-5 Van Mons sent it to Robert Manning of Salem, Mass., under the number 135, and how it acquired the name of _Walker_ in this country is not known. Fruit medium, pyriform, slightly obtuse, golden yellow, slightly dotted with fawn, washed with carmine on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, gritty at center, juice sufficient, sugary, slightly acid, with a delicious flavor of almond; first; late Sept. to Nov. =Amandine. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:109, fig. 1867. Obtained about 1857 by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., from a seed-bed made in 1846. It was presented to the Horticultural Society of Rouen, September 19, 1858. Fruit medium to small, pyriform, obtuse, having one side more swelled than the other, greenish-yellow, speckled with fawn; flesh very white, semi-fine, melting, rarely gritty; juice abundant, sugary, full of flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. =Ambrette. 1.= Langley _Pomona_ 131, fig. IV. 1729. =2.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:186, Pl. XXXI. 1768. _Ambrette d'Hiver._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:112, fig. 1867. A French dessert pear of ancient but uncertain origin. It was mentioned by M. Le Lectier of Orléans in 1628 in his catalog, and was shown by him to have been cultivated under the name of _Trompe-Coquin_. It has also been thought to be the pear _Myrapia_ mentioned by Pliny, and to have been so named because of the myrrh-like perfume. The name Ambrette was given to the variety on account of its musk-like flavor, resembling the scent of the flower which in France is called Ambrette. Fruit below medium, globular-oval, tapering toward stalk, yellowish-olive; flesh yellowish or greenish-white; formerly held in high esteem but now ranking only as second-rate; Nov. to Jan. =Ambrette d'Été. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:111, fig. 1867.