Alexandre Bivort obtained this pear in 1851 at Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit variable in size but generally above medium, turbinate, swelled, obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted all over and streaked with russet and often covered with black stains; flesh white, semi-fine, rather soft, melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, with a delicate, buttery flavor; first.
Adèle de Saint-Denis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:85, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 469. 1884.
Adèle. 3. Le Bon Jard. 356. 1882.
Raised by M. Guéraud, Saint-Denis, near Paris, about 1840. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, strongly dotted and marked with fawn-colored russet; flesh yellowish, fine, melting, juicy, rather gritty around core, sugary, acidulous; first; Oct. and Nov.
Admirable. 1. Mag. Hort. 25:207, fig. 13. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 655. 1869.
Raised by Francis Dana, Boston, Mass., and first exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1853. Mr. Dana considered it one of his best seedlings. Fruit medium to large, globular-oval, largest diameter in middle, tapering to each end, rather swollen on one side, smooth, fine, yellow at maturity, with a circle of russet at the base of the stem and more or less traced and thickly dotted with russet; flesh yellowish-white, slightly coarse, melting, buttery, with a delicious perfume; good; Sept. and Oct.
Admiral Farragut. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 655. 1869.
Farragut. 2. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866.
Raised by Dr. Shurtleff, Boston, Mass., and fruited first in 1862. Fruit large, pyriform, greenish-yellow, with many dots and mottled with fawn, blushed on the sunny side; flesh fine, melting, subacid, refreshing; good, handsome but rather lacking in quality; late Sept.
Admiral Foote. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866.