One of a collection of 42 new varieties of pears exhibited by Marshall P. Wilder at the annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871, for which Mr. Wilder obtained the "first prize for new pears." Fruit medium, obovate, inclining to turbinate, yellow, with brownish-red cheek and some traces of russet; flesh white, very melting, juicy and rich. Promised to be fine. =Amiral. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:115, fig. 1867. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 478. 1884. _Cardinale._ =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:90. 1831. A fine old French pear of unknown origin but mentioned by Olivier de Serres in his Theâtre d'agriculture in 1600. Fruit large, pyramidal, rather uneven in outline, dark greenish-yellow and washed with brilliant red on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, tender, melting, free from grit, very juicy, rich and perfumed with anis; first rate dessert pear; seeds usually abortive; Sept. and Oct. =Amiral Cécile. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:117, fig. 1867. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 478. 1884. _Admiral Cécile._ =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 166. 1889. Raised by M. Boisbunel, nurseryman at Rouen, from seed sown in 1846; fruited for the first time in 1858. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, yellowish-green changing to lemon-yellow, thickly dotted and mottled with gray-russet; flesh fine, whitish, melting, gritty at core, juicy, sweet and delicately perfumed; first rate dessert pear; Oct. to Dec. =Amiré Joannet. 1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:125, 1768. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 478. 1884. An ancient pear written of in 1660 by Claude Mollet. It bears the name of Joannet because in some parts of France it ripens about St. John's Day, the 24th of June. Fruit small, regularly pyriform, slightly obtuse, smooth, pale greenish-yellow changing to a deep waxen-yellow, washed with pale rose; flesh white, semi-fine, tender, juicy, sugary, impregnated with a perfume of musk, quite agreeable; second; June and July. =Amlisberger Mostbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 72, fig. 1913. A perry pear found in Switzerland and first published in 1885. Fruit medium, globular, yellowish-green changing at maturity to light yellow, dotted with dark russet; excellent but not good for transportation; Sept. and Oct. =Amour. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:120, fig. 1867. _Trésor._ =2.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:236. 1768. M. Duhamel du Monceau styled this the largest of all pears and sufficiently sweet to be eaten raw by those whose taste is not too exacting, but very good for cooking and far superior to the Catillac and Pound pears. Origin obscure. Fruit very large; form like that of the quince, much swelled at the middle, extremely mammillate at each pole; skin rough to the touch, dull yellow, dotted, striped and mottled with fawn and showing some brownish spots; flesh white, semi-melting, free from grit, juicy, very saccharine and well perfumed; second for dessert, first for the kitchen; Nov. to Feb.