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slightly depressed basin. Stalk, slender, half an inch to three-quarters 

 long, set in a round narrow cavity. Flesh, white, melting, and very 

 juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured, with a delicate and fine aroma. 



A deUcious pear ; ripe in the beginning of September. The tree is 

 a good bearer and succeeds well on the quince. 



It was raised by M. Treyve, a nurseryman at Trevoux, in the department of 

 I'Ain. It first produced fruit in 1858, and was named in compliment to the wife 

 of the raiser. 



Madeleine. See Citron des Cannes. 



DE MALTHE {Caillot Rosat d'Hiver). — Fruit, medium sized; 

 roundish, inclining to obovate. Skin, yellowish green, becoming en- 

 tirely yellow as it attains maturity, quite covered with brown and grey 

 russet on the shaded side and less so on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 rather large and open, with rigid segments set in a considerable depres- 

 sion. Stalk, an inch long, very thick and stout, inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, white, coarse-grained, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a 

 very aromatic and roselike flavour. 



A dessert pear; in use from November to January. The tree is a 

 strong grower and a good bearer as a standard. 



Merlet gives Poire de Pretre as a synonyme of this ; but it is not that of 

 Duliamel, and the De Pretre of the Horticultural Society's catalogue is different 

 from both. 



Mandelbirne. See Angleterre. 



MANSUETTE {Solitaire ; Beurre de Semur). — Fruit, large, oblong 

 obovate. Skin, pale green ; considerably covered with brown dots, 

 particularly on the shaded side, and assuming a faint tinge of red on 

 the side exposed to the sun as it ripens. Eye, small and open, with 

 erect segments, and set in a deep plaited and irregular basin. Stalk, 

 an inch long, curved and obliquely inserted in a roundish unequal 

 prominence. Flesh, white, tender, half melting, juicy, and well 

 flavoured. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in September and October. The tree bears 

 well as a standard, but requires a favourable situation. 



DE MARAISE. — Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a half 

 long and about the same wide ; abruptly obovate, even, very handsome 

 and regularly formed, not unlike an undersized Beurre Sterckmans in 

 shape. Skin, smooth, with a fijie aurora glow on the side next the 

 sun, dotted with large russet freckles ; on the shaded side it is a fine 

 clear yellow, and also covered with large russet freckles. Eye, very 

 small and open, set in a shallow and narrow basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender, and inserted by the side of a fles'hy lip, in a small narrow 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, melting, and very juicy, rich, and 

 with a honey sweetness, and a powerful aroma. 



A very beautiful and very delicious pear ; ripe in the end of October 

 and beginning of November. 



I cannot trace the origin of this pear, neither has it been described in any 



