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Eye, open, with short rudimentary segments set in a sHallow basin. 

 Stalk, short, inserted a little on one side of the axis in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, coarse-grained, half melting, pleasantly flavoured, 

 and with a musky perfume. 



A second-rate pear, which rots at the core in the end of October. 

 It was raised by M. Boisbunel, of Eonen, and was first distributed in 1859. 



MILLOT DE NANCY. — Fruit, about medium size ; obovato-tur- 

 binate, even and regularly shaped. Skin, smooth, of an uniform 

 coppery-red colour, dotted with rather large grey russet dots. On the 

 shaded side the colour is more yellowish, dotted, and crusted with 

 cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, small and open, set almost even with 

 the surface. Stalk, short, thick, and fleshy at the base, obliquely in- 

 serted without depression. Flesh, yellowish, half melting, very juicy 

 and tender. Juice, thick, sweet, brisk, and highly flavoured, with a 

 pleasant aroma. 



A first-rate pear; ripe in the end of October and beginning of 

 November. 



Eaised by Dr. Van Mons at Louvain. It first fruited in 1843, and was named 

 by the son of Van Mons in honour of M. Millot, formerly a cavalry officer, and a 

 distinguished pomologist at Nancy. 



MOCCAS. — Fruit, medium sized; oval, uneven, and bossed in 

 outline. Skin, lemon-coloured, marked with patches and veins of thin 

 pale brown russet, and strewed with russet dots. Eye, somewhat 

 closed, set in a deep, uneven, and furrowed basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, rather deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, tender, 

 and melting, with a rich vinous juice and musky flavour. 



A delicious dessert pear ; ripe in December and January. The tree 

 is hardy and vigorous ; bears well as a standard. 



This is one of the varieties raised by T. A. Knight, Esq., and is named after 

 Moccas Court, in Herefordshire. 



MONARCH {Enighfs Monarch). — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish. 

 Skin, yellowish green, very much covered with brown russet, and 

 strewed with grey russet specks. Eye, small and open, set in a 

 shallow undulating basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, in- 

 serted in a small cavity, frequently without depression. Flesh, 

 yellowish, buttery, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, sprightly, 

 sugary, and agreeably perfumed flavour. 



One of the most valuable pears ; ripe in December and January. 

 The tree is very hardy, an excellent bearer, and forms a handsome 

 pyramid. 



This is another of Mr. Knight's seedlings, and certainly the best of all. It first 

 fruited in 1850, the first year of the reign of William IV., and was named Monarch 

 as being, in his opinion, the best of all pears. There was a spurious variety 

 distributed for the Monarch, with dark violet shoots, which is easily distinguished 

 from the true one, the shoots of which are yellowish. 



Mon Dieu. See Ah ! Mon Dicu. 



