UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



399 



becoming yellow a long time before its maturity • flesh, "<vhitish yellow, 

 buttery, melting, not deficient in juice, sugary, and very agreeably perfumed. 

 October, November. (A. Pom.) 



MiLLOT DE Nancy. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obtuse pyriform, pale yellow, with patches 

 and traces of russet; flesh, melting, juicy, sugary; "good." January. 

 (Wilder, in Hort.) 



Mitchell's Russet. 



Origin Bellville, Illinois. Fruit, medium, or small, obovate, inclining to 

 conic; skin, rough, dark russet, thickly covered with gray dots ; stalk, 

 long, inserted in a small cavity by a ring or lip ; calyx, open ; basin, un- 

 even ; flesh, juicy, melting, rich, highly perfumed. November. (Downing.) 



MOCCAS. 



Foreign. Tree, very vigorous, rapid growth, and productive. Fruit, 

 medium, obovate roundish, greenish yellow, brown cheek in sun, and a few 

 russet dots ; stem, long, curved ; calyx, partly open ; flesh, yellowish, melt- 

 ing, juicy ; " very good." December. 



MONSEIGNEUR AfFRE. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish, somewhat angular ; skin, rough, 

 greenish, considerably covered with thick russet, and thickly sprinkled with 

 russet dots ; stalk, long, curved, inserted in a moderate cavity ; calyx, small, 

 open, persistent ; basin, broad ; flesh, white, rather coarse, granular, rich, 

 and perfumed. November. 



MOYAMENSING. 



Smith's Moyamensing. 



Native of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Tree, vigor- 

 ous, wood yellowish 

 brown, with light dots, 

 regular and abundant 

 bearer. 



Fruit, medium, 

 roundish obovate ; 

 color, lemon yellow, 

 with occasional blot- 

 ches and lines of yel- 

 lowish russet ; stem, 

 short, stoutjoften fleshy, 

 calyx, large ; basin, 

 furrowed, broad, and 

 rather deep ; core, me- 

 dium ; seeds, ovate ; 

 flesh, white, buttery, 

 melting, juicy, ''best." 

 August. 



IMUSCADINE. 



American. From near Newburgh., N. Y. Fruit, medium, roundish, 

 obovate, pale yellowish green, with brown dots; stem, an ifich long; 



