THE PEAR. 815 



MARULIS. 



Marcellis. 

 Foreign. 

 Fruit small, roundish, greenish yellow. Poor. September. (Elliott.) 



MARY. 



Originated in the grounds of William Case, Cleveland, O. Tree 

 an upright, vigorous grower, with brownish, short-jointed young wood. 

 An early and productive bearer. 



Fruit small to medium, roundish pyriform, yellow, mostly overspread 

 with rich red, a little russet, and many gray dots. Stalk short. Calyx 

 large. Erect segments. Flesh white, juicy, almost buttery, sweet. 

 Very good. Last of July. (Hort.) 



MATHER. 



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

 Pa. Tree a moderate grower. Young wood olive grayish brown. 



Fruit below medium, roundish ovate, greenish yellow, slight blush in 

 sun, and many minute brown dots. Stalk short, stout. Calyx open. 

 Flesh white, a little coarse, not juicy, sweet, pleasant. Good. August. 



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. Scarcely 

 good. Ripe last of July. 



MELLISH. 



Fruit below medium, roundish pyriform, pale yellow, netted, patched, 

 and dotted with russet. Stalk long, slender. Calyx partially closed. 

 Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good to very good. 

 October. 



MERRIAM. 



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

 wood reddish yellow brown ; a good market sort. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, dull yellow, covered with pale rus- 

 set around the stem and calyx, and entire surface somewhat netted with 

 russet. Stalk short, moderately stout, in a small cavity, with one pro- 

 tuberant side. Calyx closed. Basin shallow and furrowed. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, coarse, melting, and juicy, slightly vinous, musky. Good to very 

 good. October. 



MESSIRE JEAN. 



Chaulis. Messire Jean Dore. 



Emmilacour. Mr. John. 



Marion. John. 



Monsieur Jean. Communaute. 



Messire Jean Gris. Coulis. 



Messire Jean Blanc. Convent. 



An old French Pear, but rather coarse-grained and gritty. 



