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Mace. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1860. 
Francis Dana showed this among other seedlings of his to the Fruit Committee of the- 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860. Fruit medium, oval, russet; flesh has some- 
thing of the honeyed sweetness as well as some external resemblance to Dana Hovey. 
Machlander Mostbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 48, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit large, pyriform, green turning to yellowish-green, 
russeted; flesh granular, green under the skin, subacid; Sept. and Oct. 
Mackleroy. 1. South. Nurs. Cat. 4. 1921. 
This variety, introduced by the Southern Nursery Company, Winchester, Tenn., in 
1921, is said to have been brought to Tennessee by Davis Mackleroy from South Carolina 
over 100 years ago. 
McLaughlin. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:62. 1842. 2. Ibid. 13:251. 1847. 3. Downing Fr. 
Trees Am. 807, fig. 1869. 
In October, 1831, General Wingate of Portland, Me., stated ‘‘ That a person in Oxford 
County, many years since raised a number of pear trees from seeds, all of which produced 
inferior fruit, with the exception of one tree; and from that tree, the scions were taken and 
engrafted by a Mr. McLaughin, of Scarborough.” Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform; skin 
slightly rough, bright cinnamon-russet, tinged with brownish-red on the sunny side, with 
some traces of a bright yellow ground on the shaded side; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, 
melting, juicy, rich, sugary; Nov. to Jan. 
Macomber. 1. Rural N. Y. 44:263, figs. 145, 146. 1885. 
Raised by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt. Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing 
to yellow, blushed; flesh buttery, melting, juicy, sweet; very good; Oct. and Nov. 
McVean. 1. Horticulturist 92340. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 807. 1869. 
Originated in Monroe County, N. Y., about 1850 or earlier. Fruit large, obovate- 
acute-pyriform, yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, and numerous green and brown 
dots; flesh coarse, not juicy, or melting, sweet; good; Sept. 
Madame Alfred Conin. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:371, fig. 1869. 
Raised by André Leroy, Angers, Fr., in 1867. Fruit medium, turbinate, obtuse, much 
swelled around central circumference, fairly regular, clear yellow often covered all over 
with a layer of bronze on which are scattered, uniformly, numerous grayish-brown dots, 
scarcely visible; flesh whitish, fine, melting, watery, rarely gritty around the center; juice 
abundant, sugary, with an extremely delicious perfume; first; late Sept. 
Madame André Leroy. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:372, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 
608. 1884. 
Obtained from his seed beds by M. André Leroy at Angers, Fr.: first published in 1862. 
Fruit medium to large, long-conic, slightly obtuse, irregular, more or less misshapen, 
yellowish-green, entirely dotted, especially at its extremities, with small points and slight 
patches of gray; flesh greenish-white, fine or semi-fine, very melting, slightly granular at 
center, juicy, sugary, vinous, with a very delicate flavor; first; end of Sept. 
Madame Antoine Lormier. 1. Guide Prat. 57. 1895. 
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit medium or 
large, regular pyriform, yellow, dotted; flesh fine, melting, very sugary; first; Sept. and Oct. 
