THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 455 



Mace. i. Mass. Hori. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1860. 



Francis Dana showed this among other seedlings of his to the Fruit Committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860. Fruit medium, oval, russet; flesh has some- 

 thing of the honeyed sweetness as well as some external resemblance to Dana Hovey. 

 Machlander Mostbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 48, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit large, pyriform, green turning to yellowish-green, 

 russeted; flesh granular, green under the skin, subacid; Sept. and Oct. 

 Mackleroy. i. South. Nurs. Cat. 4. 1921. 



This variety, introduced by the Southern Nursery Company, Winchester, Tenn., in 

 1921, is said to have been brought to Tennessee by Davis Mackleroy from South Carolina 

 over 100 years ago. 



Mclaughlin, i. Mag. Hort. 8:62. 1842. 2. Ibid. 13:251. 1847. 3. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 807, fig. 1869. 



In October, 1831, General Wingate of Portland, Me., stated " That a person in Oxford 

 County, many years since raised a number of pear trees from seeds, all of which produced 

 inferior fruit, with the exception of one tree; and from that tree, the scions were taken and 

 engrafted by a Mr. McLaughin, of Scarborough." Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform; skin 

 slightly rough, bright cinnamon-russet, tinged with brownish-red on the sunny side, with 

 some traces of a bright yellow ground on the shaded side; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, 

 melting, juicy, rich, sugary; Nov. to Jan. 

 Macomber. i. Rural N. Y. 44:263, figs. 145, 146. 1885. 



Raised by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt. Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing 

 to yellow, blushed; flesh buttery, melting, juicy, sweet; very good; Oct. and Nov. 

 McVean. i. Horticulturist 9:340. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 807. 1869. 



Originated in Monroe County, N. Y., about 1850 or earlier. Fruit large, obovate- 

 acute-pyriform, yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, and numerous green and brown 

 dots; flesh coarse, not juicy, or melting, sweet; good; Sept. 

 Madame Alfred Conin. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:371, fig. 1869. 



Raised by Andre" Leroy, Angers, Fr., in 1867. Fruit medium, turbinate, obtuse, much 

 swelled around central circumference, fairly regular, clear yellow often covered all over 

 with a layer of bronze on which are scattered, uniformly, numerous grayish-brown dots, 

 scarcely visible; flesh whitish, fine, melting, watery, rarely gritty around the center; juice 

 abundant, sugary, with an extremely delicious perfume; first; late Sept. 

 Madame Andre Leroy. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:372, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 608. 1884. 



Obtained from his seed beds by M. Andre" Leroy at Angers, Fr. : first published in 1862. 

 Fruit medium to large, long-conic, slightly obtuse, irregular, more or less misshapen, 

 yellowish-green, entirely dotted, especially at its extremities, with small points and slight 

 patches of gray; flesh greenish- white, fine or semi-fine, very melting, slightly granular at 

 center, juicy, sugary, vinous, with a very delicate flavor; first; end of Sept. 

 Madame Antoine Lormier. i. Guide Prat. 57. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit medium or 

 large, regular pyriform, yellow, dotted; flesh fine, melting, very sugary; first; Sept. and Oct. 



