464 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



large, turbinate, very irregular, obtuse and mammillate at the summit, globular at the base 

 and generally much more enlarged on one side than on the other, clear green, dotted and 

 veined with russet, stained with fawn especially around the calyx and stem; flesh white, 

 fine, melting, a little gritty; juice abundant, saccharine, vinous, delicately perfumed; 

 first; Dec. to Feb. 

 Marie Guisse. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:398, fig. 1869. 2. HoggFruit Man. 613. 1884. 



Grown from seed of St. Germain in 1834, near Metz, Lorraine. Fruit medium, 

 obovate-oblong-pyriform, surface uneven, yellow, with shades of red in the sun, and 

 large, dull dark specks; flesh yellowish-white, granular, melting, sweet, vinous; Dec. to Feb. 

 Marie Henriette. i. Guide Prat. 96. 1895. 



Sent out by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit small or medium, globular; flesh 

 granular, very juicy and sugary; first; Oct. 

 Marie Jallais. i. Guide Prat. 100. 1876. 



Obtained by Jules Bimeau, 1868. Fruit mediimi, form variable; flesh melting, juicy, 

 very sugary and perfumed, of a sprightly flavor; first; Oct. to Dec. 

 Marie Louise Nova. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. ^00. 1845. 2. Ibid. 81^. i86g. 



Sent by Van Mons to Mr. Manning, and though in some seasons very good, it cannot 

 compare with Marie Louise. Fruit medium, regular-acute-p3rriform, yellow, with a 

 brownish-red cheek; flesh at first melting, juicy, but quickly decays; good; end of 

 Sept. 



Marie Louise d'Uccle. i. Gard. Chron. 1060, 1179. 1865. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy 

 Fr. 1S7. 1920. 



Marie Louise d'Uccle is a seedling of Marie Louise raised by M. Gambier, a neighbor 

 and contemporary of Van Mons. It produced its first fruits in 1846. Fruit rather large, 

 pyriform, pale cinnamon-colored russet, rather similar to Marie Louise; flesh very fine, 

 very melting, buttery, saccharine, very juicy and richly flavored; good to very good; 

 Sept. and Oct. 

 Marie Mottin. i. Guide Prat. 96. 1895. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit large; flesh 

 melting; first; Oct. 



Marie Parent, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:401, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 814. 

 1869. 



Raised by Bivort, director of the nurseries of the Society Van Mons at Geest-Saint- 

 Remy, Bel., from a seed bed formed in 1844 from seeds of the last generation of Van Mons' 

 seedlings. Fruit above mediimi, obtong, more or less cylindrical and bossed, or turbinate, 

 very much swelled at the base and bossed at either extremity; skin fine ochre or golden 

 yellow, dotted and stained with russet, washed with brick-red on the cheek next the sun; 

 flesh white, fine, melting or semi-melting, containing numerous small grits around the core, 

 juicy, sugary, vinous, perfumed; first; Oct., often till Dec. 

 Marietta, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 332: 484. 1913. 



An oriental hybrid. Tree is said to be inclined to grow tall, with a single main stem. 

 Fruit light yellow, with red blush ; Oct. 



