An English pear deriving its name from the village of Arlingham. It is in demand for the making of perry in the neighborhood of Hereford, Eng. Fruit globular, acute-pyriform, rather irregular in outline, dark green, with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun, a good deal russeted all over; flesh white, juicy, crisp, aromatic.
Armand Prévost. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 484. 1884.
Origin unknown. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate, narrowing from the bulge to the calyx; even and regular in contour; a fine golden-yellow, with an orange cheek minutely dotted with russet; flesh half-melting, juicy, without much flavor; poor; Oct.
Arménie. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:159, fig. 1867. 2. Guide Prat. 82, 231. 1876.
Believed to have originated in Asia. Merlet wrote of it in 1675 and in 1690 when it had probably only recently been introduced into France. Fruit medium, globular, slightly flattened at the base and nearly always mammillate at the summit, clear green, passing into greenish-yellow at maturity, dotted all over with brown-russet and streaked with the same around the calyx; flesh yellowish, fine, tender, semi-breaking, gritty at the center, with juice sufficient, sugary, slightly musky, savory; second for dessert, first for cooking; Feb. to May.
Arnold. 1. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 103. 1892. 2. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 249. 1893. 3. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 142. 1898.
Raised from seed by Arnold & Frazier, Dansville, Ind. The name Arnold was conferred upon it at the meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, December, 1892, and in November, 1893, it received a first class certificate of merit from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. In 1898, at the December meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural Society it was reported “a winter pear of good quality, apparently not ripe at this season; of local origin; a good keeper; an abundant bearer,” and was recommended for trial in the experiment station of the State. Fruit medium size, oblong-pyriform, yellow russeted; flesh buttery, juicy, melting; good; very late.
Arthur Bivort. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:85, fig. 427. 1880. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:160, fig. 1867.
Raised from seed by Van Mons who died in 1842. The variety did not fruit till 1850. Fruit above medium, pyramidal, very long, obtuse, even and regular in contour, yellowish-green, slightly dotted with fawn, washed with pale red on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sugary, acid, delicately perfumed; first; Oct.