1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



171 



MANNING. (Manning's Elizabeth.) 



A pretty little pear, desirable in the amateur's garden, but too small for the com- 

 mercial orchard. 



ORIGIN: in Louvain, in 1819, by Van Mons, who sent scions to America in 1832, to 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Mr. Manning, having been asked by Van Mons 

 to give it a name, called it, in 1840, Elizabeth of Van Mons, but Downing, 1842, pro- 

 posed that it be called Manning's Elizabeth, to honor the zeal of this horticulturist in 

 importing new fruit trees. 



TREE: healthy, of medium vigor, shoots dull red; very productive. 





MANNING. 



FRUIT: size, small; form, regular, obovate, swollen towards the base; color, bright 

 yellow, covered on the basal half with a deep brownish red, which often spreads over 

 the sunny side; stem, one inch in length, swollen at the top, often set in an oblique 

 depression; calyx, open, set in a shallow basin. 



FLESH: color, creamy white; texture, fine, buttery, moderately juicy; flavor, sweet, 

 rich, aromatic. 



QUALITY: very good for dessert or pickling. 

 VALUE: second class fior market purposes. 

 SEASON: August. 



