398 THE PEAR. 



Marie Louise. 



Forme de Marie Louise, I Princes de Parme, I Maria. 



Marie Chretienne, | Braddick's Pield Marshal, | 



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

 with olive gray colored shoots ; requires rich, N\arm. sandy soil, otherwise 

 it is only a '' good " pear. It is hardy and productive. Fruit, large, ob- 

 long pyriform, dull green, becoming pale yellow, with marblings, dots and 

 patches of russet, and russet at crown and base of stern; stem, medium, 

 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 ; " very good.'' Last 

 of September and October. 



Mauch Bergamotte. 



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

 at core; "good." March. 



Martin Sec. 



Eoussellet d'Hiver, 



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



small specks, bright red one side ; stem, long, slender ; calyx, in an 



abrupt furrowed basin; flesh, yellowish, half melting, juicy; "good."' 



December. 



Mather. 



Originated with John Mather, near Jenkinstown, Montgomery Co., Pa. 



Fruit, below medium size, obovate ; skin, red, with occasionally a mot- 

 tled cheek, and russeted around the stem, which is obliquely inserted by 

 fleshy rings without depression ; calyx, medium ; basin, very small ; flesh. 

 a little coarse, but buttery; flavor, delicate and pleasant. August. (Ad, 

 Int. Rep.) 



Maynard. 



Origin unknown ; grown in Lancaster Co., Pa. Fruit, medium, obovate 

 pyriform : skin, yellow, with russet dots and a crimson cheek; stalk, obli- 

 quely inserted, fleshy at its junction ; calyx, open, in a slight depression ; 

 flesh, white, juicy, and sugary. Ripe last of July. (Dr. Eshleman.) 



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 Sept^nber. (Hov. Mag.) 



MiGNONNE u'HiVER. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obovate, inclining to pyriform ; skin, very rough. 

 russet ; stalk, stout, inserted by a lip, often at a great inclination ; calyx, 

 partially closed, set in a small basin : flesh, yellowish, juicy, granular, nearly 

 melting, brisk, sweet, and rich, slightly astringent. November. 



MiLLOT DE Nancy. 

 Forei<7n. A pyramidal tree, very fertile, producing at the same time at 

 the extremity of its branches and its long spurs. 



Fruit small, or medium, regularly pyriform ; skin, smooth, light green, 



