PEARS. G15 



Marquise d'Hiver. See Marquise. 



MARTIN SEC (Dry Martin; Martin Sec de Champagne; Martin 

 (V Hicer). Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform or obtuso pyriform. 

 Skin, entirely covered with cinnamon-coloured russet on the shaded 

 side, and bright red next the sun, strewed with whitish grey dots. 

 Eye, small and open, set in a plaited undulating basin. Stalk, an inch 

 and a half long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, breaking, rather 

 dry, but sweet and perfumed ; and when grafted on the quince becomes 

 very gritty. 



In use from November to January ; generally considered a dessert 

 pear, but more fit for stewing and preserving. The tree is very 

 vigorous and fertile, grows well either on the pear or quince, succeeds 

 well as a standard. The Martins are perhaps the earliest varieties 

 grown amongst us ; they are mentioned among the fruits delivered into 

 the Treasury by the fruiterer of Edward I., in 1292, and were at that 

 time valued at Sd. per pear. 



Martin Sec de Champagne. See Martin Sec. 

 Martin Sec d'Hiver. See Martin Sec. 



MARTIN SIRE (Ronville ; De Bunville; CerteauMusque d'Hiver). 

 Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform. Skin, smooth at first, bright green, 

 but changing to a fine deep lemon-yellow, with a faint blush of red next 

 the sun, which is sometimes very bright, and at others quite wanting. 

 Eye, small and open, with acute dry segments, and set almost even 

 with the surface in a small basin. Stalk, an inch to an inch and a 

 half long, fleshy at the base, and inserted in a small cavity between 

 two fleshy lips. Flesh, crisp, sweet, and perfumed. 



A stewing pear ; ripe in December and January, and more fit for 

 stewing than for dessert. The tree is vigorous and fertile, succeeds 

 well as a standard, either on the pear or quince. 



Matthews's Eliza. See Groom's Princess Royal. 



MAUD HOGG. Fruit, above medium size, three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two inches and a half wide ; oblong obovate. Skin, 

 entirely covered with a crust of warm brown russet like that of the 

 Brown Beurre, and has a slight orange glow on the side exposed to the 

 sun, very much like the Chaumontel ; there is no yellow or ground 

 colour visible. Eye, open, with very short segments, and set in an 

 irregular ribbed depression. Stalk, an inch long and rather slender, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish white, tender and but- 

 tery, very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



A dessert pear of the first quality ; in use from the end of October 

 and beginning of November till December. The tree is very hardy. 



It was raised by Mr. John Mannington, of Uckfield, in Sussex, and was named 

 in honour of my eldest daughter. The seed was sown about sixteen years ago, and 

 the tree bore fruit in 1871 for the first time. 



