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pomological work. It is said to have been raised by Van Mens, and I received it 

 from M. Papeleu, of Wetteren, in 1847. 



MAECH BERGAMOT.— Fruit, medium sized; roundish. Skin, 

 yellowish brown, partially covered with russet. Eye, placed in a slight 

 depression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, buttery, slightly gritty at the core, but very rich and 

 ex,cellent. 



A dessert pear of the highest merit ; in use in March, and will keep 

 even bej'ond that time. The tree is particularly hardy, will succeed 

 well as a standard, and in cold climates may be advantageously grown 

 against a wall. 

 It was raised by T. A. Knight, Esq. 



Marchioness. See Marquise. 



Marechal Deeours. See Marechal de Cour. 



MARECHAL DE COUR {Bo de la Cour; Beau de la Cour; Con- 

 sdller de la Cour ; Due d' Orleans ; Grosse Marie; Marechal Deeours). — 

 Fruit, large, sometimes very large, being near four inches and a half 

 long, and three inches and three-quarters wide ; oblong pyriform, 

 pretty even in its outline, but slightly undulating. Skin, thickly 

 covered with cinnamon-coloured russet, so much so as to be encrusted 

 with it, and permitting only very little of the pale yellow ground to 

 show through it. Eye, large and open, with long, stout, and some- 

 what woody segments set in a moderate depression. Stalk, from an 

 inch to an inch and a quarter long, inserted on the wide, blunt apex of 

 the fruit without depression. Flesh, yellowish, very tender, melting, 

 and buttery, with an abundant richly flavoured juice, which is sweet, 

 sprightly, and with a fine perfume. 



This is one of the finest pears in cultivation, and ripens about the 

 end of October and beginning of November. The tree is hardy, 

 vigorous, and an abundant bearer, forming fine pyramids and 

 standards. 



A seedling of Dr. Van Mods, of which he sent grafts to M. Bivort in April, 1842, 

 with the name " Marechal de Cour, gain de 1841, la meilleur existante." In the 

 former editions of this work, I described this fruit under the name of Conseiller de 

 la Cour, which was that under which I received it from M. Papeleu in 1847, and 

 under which M. Bivort had also distributed it ; hut as that now adopted is the 

 original name given it by Van Mons himself, a sense of propriety recommends its 

 adoption. 



MARECHAL DILLEN {Dillen d'Automne). — ^Frnit, large, three 

 inches and a half long and three inches wide ; oblong obovate. Skin, 

 greenish yellow, mottled and dotted with pale brown russet. Eye, 

 open, slightly depressed. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a wide, deep cavity, one side of which is higher 

 than the other. Flesh, tender, juicy, very melting, with a sweet, 

 vinous, and sprightly flavour, and a delicate musky perfume. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in October and November. The tree 



