610 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



MADAME MILLET. Fruit, large; short obovate or turbinate, 

 rather uneven in its outline. Skin, yellow, almost entirely covered 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet, so much so as to leave only a few spots 

 here and there visible. Eye, open, set in a wide and rather deep basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long and stout, obliquely inserted almost at right angles 

 with the axis of the fruit, and without depression. Flesh, tender, half- 

 melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in March and April. The tree requires a 

 warm situation, or to be grown against a wall. 



Raised by M. Charles Millet, of Ath, in Belgium, in 1840 ; but the original tree 

 was taken to Tirlemont by his son, M. Hippolyte Millet, nurseryman of that town, 

 where it fruited in 1852, and was named by him in compliment to his mother. 



MADAME TREYVE. Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches and three-quarters wide ; obtusely obovate, even, 

 and occasionally bossed. Skin, greenish yellow, becoming pale yellow 

 on the shaded side, but on the side exposed to the sun it is bright 

 vermilion crimson, more brilliant even than Forelle, and strewed with 

 numerous grey russet dots. Eye, very small and open, set in a narrow 

 slightly depressed basin. Stalk, slender, half an inch to three-quarters 

 long, set in a round narrow cavity. Flesh, white, melting, and very 

 juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured, with a delicate and fine aroma. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in the middle and end of September. The 

 tree is a good bearer and succeeds well on the quince. 



It was raised by M. Treyve, a nurseryman at Trevoux, in the department of 

 1'Ain. It first produced fruit in 1858, and was named in compliment to the wife 

 of the raiser. 



MADAME VAZILLE. Fruit, large, three inches and a half long 

 by two inches and three-quarters broad ; oblong obovate. Skin, almost 

 entirely covered with rough russet. Eye, open, set level with the 

 surface. Stalk, about three-quarters of an inch long, straight. Flesh, 

 melting, juicy, sweet, and vinous. 



Ripe in September and October, but only of ordinary quality. 



Madeleine. See Citron des Carmes. 



MAGNATE. Fruit, large, three inches and three-quarters long, 

 and two inches and three-quarters wide ; pyriform, even and sym- 

 metrical in its outline. Skin, covered with rather dark brown russet, 

 which is thickly strewed with large russet freckles ; on the shaded side 

 it is mottled with yellow, and on the other sometimes streaked with 

 crimson. Eye, open or half open, even with the surface. Stalk, an 

 inch long, with a fleshy ring at the base. Flesh, yellow, tender, 

 melting, rather gritty at the core, richly flavoured, and with a some- 

 what rose-water perfume. 



Ripe in October and November. It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of 

 Sawbridge worth . 



DE MALTHE (Caillot Eosat d'Hiverf.'Fiiiit, medium sized; 



