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LIMON. 



Foreign. This promises to take a first- class rank. Tree, moderately 

 vigorous, shoots long, slender, reddish brown. Fruit, above medium, ob- 

 ovate roundish, yellow, with faint red cheek; stem, rather short; basin, 

 shallow ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, nearly &quot; best.&quot; August. 



MARIE LOUISE. 



Forme de Marie Louise, I Princess de Parme, 

 Marie Chretienne, Braddick s Field Marshal, 



Maria. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, rather straggling, or diverging and drooping, 

 with olive gray colored shoots ; requires rich, warm, sandy soil, otherwise 

 it is only a &quot; good&quot; pear. It is hardy and productive. Fruit, large, ob 

 long pyriforrn, dull green, becoming pale yellow, with marblings, dots, 

 and patches of russet, and russet at crown and base of stem ; stem, me 

 dium, obliquely set in a slight cavity, or with a raised lip on one side ; 

 calyx, open, irregularly formed ; segments, connected ; core, small ; seeds, 

 broad, ovate ; flesh, white, buttery, melting, juicy, vinous, &quot; very good.&quot; 

 Last of September and October. 



MARCH BERGAMOTTE. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obovate, greenish yellow; flesh, buttery, 

 gritty at core, &quot; good.&quot; March. 



MARTIN SEC. 



Roussellet d Hiver. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, or below, obovate, angular, yellow, with 

 small specks, dull brownish red one side ; stem, long, slender ; calyx, in 

 an abrupt furrowed basin ; flesh, yellowish, half melting, juicy, &quot; good.&quot; 

 December. 



MERRIAM. 



American. From Roxbury, Mass. Tree, thrifty, productive, supposed 

 a seedling from Gray Doyenne. Fruit, large, roundish, dull yellow, much 

 covered with smooth pale russet : stem, short ; calyx, small, closed ; 

 flesh, yellowish white, coarse, juicy, sugary; core, large; seeds, dark 

 brown. Last of September. (Hov. Mag.) 



MARECHAL DE LA COUR. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, branches long, thorny at ends, early bearer. 

 Fruit, large, oblong pyriform, or ovate, yellowish green, vermillion in sun; 

 stem, crooked, inserted with a lip one side; calyx, large, open; flesh, 

 white, fine, melting, juicy, vinous. October. (Hov. Mag.) 



MCLAUGHLIN. 



Origin unknown ; probably an American seedling. Tree, moderate, 

 healthy grower, productive. Fruit, above medium., oblong, obtuse pyri- 



