524 THK PEAR. 



sun. Flesh tender, juicy. Ripening in September and Octobei 

 Tree very productive. (Leroy's Cat.) 



MARIANNE DE NANCY. Al. Pom. 



Fruit large, pyramidal, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellowish- 

 green, thickly covered with brown and green dots. Stem 

 medium ; calyx large and open ; basin shallow. Flesh coarse, 

 granular, juicy, and from young trees poor. November. 



MARECHAL DILLEN. Van Mons. 



Tree vigorous and very fertile. 



Fruit very large, very inconstant in form, varying from turbi- 

 nate to ovoid and almost cylindric. Skin pale green, mottled 

 with fawn and yellow slightly at maturity. Flesh white, fine, 

 melting, and buttery, and abounds in very sugary juice. Ripe 

 last of October and November. (An. Pom.) 



MATHER. 



Originated with John Mather, near Jenkinstown, Montgomery 

 Co., Pa. 



Fruit below medium size, obovate. Skin red, with occasion- 

 ally a mottled 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. 

 Flavour 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 obliquely inserted, fleshy at 

 its junction. Calyx open, in a slight depression. Flesh white, 

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



MCLAUGHLIN. 



A native of Maine, introduced by S. L. Good ale of Saco 

 Tree hardy and vigorous. 



Fruit large, elongated, obtnse-pyriform. Skin rough, greenish, 

 mostly covered with russet, which becomes yellowish at maturity, 

 with a warm sunny cheek. Stalk short, inserted at an incli- 

 nation, with some appearance of a lip. Calyx open, set in a 

 shallow, corrugated basin. Flesh whitish, not very fine, juicy 

 and melting. Flavour sweet, rich, and perfumed. November 

 to January. 



MERRIAM. 

 Origin, Roxbury, Mass. Tree vigorous and very productive. 



