622 THE PEAR. 
Mapame Ducar. Esperen. 
Tree pyramidal, very vigorous, very productive. 
Fruit Wacivtn, oral Weeely depressed at base and crown 
Skin smooth, bright green, becoming yellow at maturity. Flesh 
white, half fine, very juicy, sugary, and slightly perfumed, 
Ripens the middle of August. (Al. Pom.) Very good in 
Belgium. : 
Mapame Enza. Bivort. 
Tree vigorous, wood stout. 
Fruit large, pyriform. Skin smooth, bright green, and be- 
comes almost yellow at maturity. Flesh rosy, fine, buttery 
melting, abounding with sweet juice, very.agreeably perfumed, 
November, (Al. Pom.) Excellent in Belgium, promising well 
here. The tree is hardy, but has an awkward, rather crooked, 
and declining habit, and very narrow leaves. The young shoota 
are olive gray. ; 
Matconairre p’Hasrin. 
Fruit large, form roundish, obovate. Stalk one inch long, 
inserted in a slight depression. Calyx closed, set in a rather 
deep, irregular basin. Skin dull yellow, with a brownish red 
cheek, stippled with coarse dots, and russeted at the calyx, 
Flesh juicy, tender, and melting. Flavour rich subacid, per- 
~fumed. ‘Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. October, No 
vember. (Wilder’s Rep.) 
Marraa Ann. 
Dana’s No. 1. 
Raised by Francis Dana of Roxbury, Mass. 
Fruit medium size, elongated, obovate. Skin smooth, yellow, 
with yellow specks. Calyx-closed. Flesh white, juicy, tender, 
very pleasantly subacid. November. (Hov. in Mag.) 
Marin Parent. An, Pom. 
Raised by Bivort. Tree moderately vigorous. 
Fruit large, pyriform; surface uneven. Stalk short, inclined. 
Calyx in a large furrowed cavity. Skin golden yellow at matu- 
tity. Flesh white, very fine, melting, somewhat buttery, ver 
Juicy, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. October. (An, Pom. 
Martz Lovisz. P. Mag. Lind. Thomp. 
Forme de Marie Louise. Princesse de Parme, _ 
* Marie Chrétienne, Braddick's Field Standard... 
A Belgian variety of first quality in its native country, but has 
