468 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



good pyramids. Fruit small, ovate, covered with russet; flesh fine, melting, very juicy 



and sugary; Dec. 



Matou. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:414, fig. 1869. 



A variety, known also as Chat-Grilli and Chat-Roti in France and which must not be 

 confounded with the Chat-BruU, already described, which ripens in December. Its origin 

 is unknown. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform and enlarged around central circumference, 

 golden-yellow, dotted and marbled with gray-russet, washed with carmine on the face 

 exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine, breaking, watery, very granular at the center; 

 juice rather abundant, rarely very saccharine, astringent, almost devoid of perfume; third; 

 mid- Aug. 

 Matthews. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 82. 1903. 2. Hopedale A'urs. Cat. 17. 1913. 



Brought from New Jersey about 1835 by a Mr. Chiever and planted at Delavan, 111. 

 Tree long-lived, a late bearer. Fruit medium to large, apple-shaped, green turning yellow, 

 sweet, juicy; Oct. to Feb. 

 Maud Hogg. 1. Jour. Hort. 20:30. 1871. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 615. 1884. 



Raised by John Mannington, Uckfield, in the Weald of Sussex, Eng.; bore fruit in 187 1 

 for the first time. Fruit above medium, oblong-obovate; skin entirely covered with a crust 

 of warm brown-russet like that of the Beurr^ Gris, and has a slight orange glow on the 

 side exposed to the sun, very much like the Chaumontel, no yellow or ground color visible; 

 flesh yellowish-white, tender and buttery, very juicy, sweet, richly flavored; a dessert 

 pear of the first quality ; Oct. to Dec. 

 Maude. 1. Guide Prat. 100. 1876. 



A French perry pear abundantly cultivated in the Haute-Savoie, Fr. Fruit medium, 

 globular, grayish-green washed with red; flesh coarse, remarkably juicy. 

 Maurice Desportes. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:415, fig. 1869. 



This came from the seed beds of M. Andre Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first fruited in 1863. 

 Fruit medium, oblong-conic, yellow, dotted with gray, blushed on the sunny side; stem long, 

 rather stout, continuous with the fruit; calyx small, open, in a large cavity; flesh white, 

 rather fine and rather melting, slightly granular, juicy, sweet; first; Sept. 

 Mausebirne. 1. Dochnahl Fzi/zr. Obstkunde 2:138. 1856. 



Hanover, Ger., 1852. Fruit medium to large, variable in form, distorted, bossed; 

 skin fine, greenish turning to yellow when ripe, almost entirely covered with cinnamon- 

 russet, sprinkled with green spots; flesh yellowish- white, sweet and scented with rose; 

 first for the table and kitchen use; Oct. 

 Mayflower. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 



A seedling raised by Dr. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which fruited first in 1863. Fruit 

 " short diameter 25 inches, long diameter 3 inches; flesh rather dry and firm; skin yellow, 

 with red cheek; keeps soundly without extra care until May. A most prolific bearer. 

 Short pyriform." 

 Maynard. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 52. 1857. 2. Ibid. 815. 1869. 



Origin unknown but thought to have been first grown in Lancaster County, Pa. Fruit 

 medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow with russet dots and a crimson cheek ; flesh white, juicy 

 and sugary; moderately good; end of July. 



