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MiLLOT DE Nancy. Color, pale yellowish green ; form, 

 obovate pyriform; size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy, 

 sugary; quality, 2; season, "Winter, nearly Fall. 



Eemarks.— Tree, very vigorous, of rapid growth, and 

 productive. — Wilder, in Horticulturist. 



Moon's Pound. Color, lemon yellow; size, 2; use, 

 kitchen; texture, melting, juicy ; quality, 1; season, Dec. 



Eemarks. — Exhibited by A. H. Ernst, at the rooms 

 of the Horticultural Society, August 21, 1855. Fruit 

 Committee report it, '' A very good pear." ' Very tender, 

 and abounding in pleasant juice. May prove a fine fruit." 

 — A. H. Ernst. Valuable for cooking, and a profitable 

 orchard fruit. 



Michaux. Unworthy. 



Mitchell's Eusset. Color, dark russet, gray dots. 



Eemarks. — A seedling from the Seckel ; resembling it 

 in every respect, but of larger size. Origin, Belleville, 

 Illinois. Fruits of Missouri, by Thos. Allen, of St. Louis. 



Moor Fowl's Egg. 



Eemarks. — Unprofitable, and, therefore, unworthj-. 



MOXSIEUE LE CUBE, , See Vicar of Wlnl-fidd. 



Mollett's Guernsey Beurre, or Chaumontellc. Color, 

 yellowish green, with dusky brown, some russet in the 

 sun; size, 2; use, table ; texture, yellowish, melting, vin- 

 ous ; season, October and ISTovember. 



Eemarks. — " Very good." — Elliott's American Fruit 

 Grower's Guide. 



MoccAS. Color, greenish yellow, brownish cheek in 



