522 THE PEAR. 



MADAME DUCAR. Esperen. 



Tree pyramidal, very vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit medium, oval, lightly depressed at base and crown, 

 Skin smooth, bright green, becoming yellow at maturity. Flesh 

 white, half fine, very juicy, sugary, and slightly perfumed. 

 Ripens the middle of August. (Al. Pom.) Very good in 

 Belgium. 



MADAME ELIZA. Bivort. 



Tree vigorous, wood stout. 



Fruit large, pyriform. Skin smooth, bright green, and be- 

 comes almost yellow at maturity. Flesh rosy, fine, buttery, 

 melting, abounding with sweet juice, very agreeably perfumed. 

 November. (Al. Pom.) Excellent in Belgium, promising well 

 here. The tree is hardy, but has an awkward, rather crooked, 

 and declining habu\ and very narrow leaves. The young shoots 

 are olive gray. 



MALCONAITRE D'HASPIN. 



Fruit large, form roundish, obovate. Stalk one inch long, 

 inserted in a slight depression. Calyx closed, set in a rather 

 deep, irregular basin. Skin dull yellow, with a brownish red 

 cheek, stippled with coarse dots, and russeted at the calyx. 

 Flesh juicy, tender, and melting. Flavour rich subacid, per- 

 fumed. Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. October, No- 

 vember. (Wilder's Rep.) 



MARTHA ANN. 

 Dana's No. 1. 



Raised by Francis Dana of Roxbury, Mass. 



Fruit medium size, elongated, obovate. Skin smooth, yellow, 

 with yellow specks. Calyx closed. Flesh white, juicy, tender, 

 very pleasantly subacid. November. (Hov. in Mag.) 



MARIE PARENT. An. Pom. 



Raised by Bivort. Tree moderately vigorous. 



Fruit large, pyriform ; surface uneven. Stalk short, inclined. 

 Calyx in a large furrowed cavity. Skin golden yellow at matu- 

 rity. Flesh white, very fine, melting, somewhat buttery, very 

 juicy, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. October. (An. Pom.) 



MARIE LOUISE. P. Mag. Lind. Thomp. 



Forme de Marie Louise. Princesse de Parme. 



Marie Chretienne. Braddick's Field Standard. 



A Belgian variety of first quality in its native country, but has 



