Obtained from seed by President Parigot of Poitiers in 1845. It was propagated by M. Larclause but the date of its first introduction is unknown. Fruit rather small, nearly round or globular-ovate in form; color rather deep and dull green with a few small dots, and some traces of brown russet on both the summit and the base of the fruit; flesh white, tinted with green, fine, very melting, a little gritty about the core, full of sugary juice, slightly acid with an agreeable flavor. =Agua de Valence.= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:25, fig. 397. 1880. M. Mas received this pear from Adrien Sénéclauze, a nurseryman at Bourg-Argental, Loire, Fr. Fruit medium, irregular, globular, bright green passing to lemon-yellow, speckled with large and numerous deep green spots which are the more apparent on the side next the sun, well-exposed fruits washed with blood-red round the spots which become yellowish; flesh white, fine, tender, melting, juicy, sweet; good; Aug. =Aqueuse d'Esclavonie.= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =3=:63, fig. 128. 1878. Count Bressler, Fernsee, Hung., sent this variety in 1842 to Liegel. Two years later Mas received it from Mr. Hartwill, Director of the gardens at Nikita in the Crimea, Rus., under the name _Achalzig I_. Fruit medium, obovate, acute-pyriform; color pale green, sown with numerous and distinct very small dots of a deeper shade; flesh whitish, rather coarse, melting, gritty around the core, abundant sweet juice, sugary, but without any appreciable perfume; Sept. and Oct. =Aqueuse de Meiningen..= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:77, fig. 231. 1879. This variety is cultivated in the neighborhood of Meiningen, central Germany, but its origin appears to be unknown. Fruit medium or nearly medium, globular, turbinate, very regular in contour; skin thick, very bright green sprinkled with numerous small dots of a darker shade, changing at maturity to pale yellow and more golden on the side exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, melting, fairly juicy, saccharine and only slightly perfumed; third; Sept. =Arabella.= =1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:134. 1856. A seedling from Van Mons, 1852. Fruit below medium, pale green, slightly rough, much dotted with greenish cinnamon-russet; flesh whitish, very fine, sweet, vinous; first for dessert; Sept. and Oct. =Arbre Courbé.= =1.= _Gard. Chron._ 68. 1848. =2.= _Pom. France_ =2=:No. 59, Pl. 59. 1864. _Krummholzige Schmalzbirne._ =3.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:67. 1856. Bivort, successor of Van Mons in the Society's gardens at Louvain, stated that this variety was gained by Van Mons about 1830. Fruit large, oblong-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough to the touch, being considerably covered with rough, scaly russet; color bright yellow or greenish-yellow, freely dotted with russet spots; flesh white, rather fine, melting, juicy, gritty around the core; a dessert pear, but hardly first-rate; Sept. and Oct. =Archduke of Austria.= =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =3=:50. 1837.