THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 463 
Margarethenbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 119. 1825. 2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 
2:30. 1856. 
German. Reported in 1789. Fruit small, turbinate, greenish-yellow and heavily 
dotted with green, seldom blushed; flesh semi-breaking, juicy and aromatic; third for dessert, 
first for kitchen and market; mid-July. 
Marguerite d’Anjou. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:3094, fig. 1869. 
M. Flon, Angers, obtained this from a seedling in 1863. Fruit above medium, irregu- 
Jar-ovate, and bossed, more enlarged on one side than on the other and often slightly 
contorted, clear yellow, slightly tinted with pale rose on the side next the sun; flesh white, 
fine, dense, melting, watery, free from grit; juice abundant, highly saccharine, acidulous, 
possesses a delicious flavor recalling the perfume of the violet; first; Oct. 
Marguerite Chevalier. 1. Guide Prat. 99. 1876. 
Fruit medium, nearly spherical, almost entirely covered with fawn-russet; flesh fine, 
melting, juicy, sprightly; good; end of autumn. 
Marguerite Marillat. 1. Guide Prat. 45. 1895. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 186. 
1920. 
Similar to Souvenir du Congrés but of brighter golden hue, obtained by M. Marillat, 
Craponne, near Lyons, Fr., 1874. Fruit large, pyriform-turbinate, pale yellow touched 
with fawn-russet, blushed with red on the side next the sun, sometimes a rich golden yellow 
at maturity; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, aromatic, 
slightly musky, very rich; second; early Sept. 
Maria. 1. Guide Prat. 96. 18095. 
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit rather large, oblong-ovate; 
flesh yellowish, very agreeable; Feb. and Mar. 
Maria de Nantes. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 2:39, fig. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
812. 1869. 
Raised by M. Garnier near Nantes, Fr., and reported in 1853. Fruit nearly medium, 
globular-turbinate or oval-turbinate, greenish-yellow covered with fawn-russet; flesh fine, 
buttery, melting; juice saccharine, highly perfumed, and acidulous; first; Oct. to Dec. 
Maria Stuart. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:69. 1856. 
Belgian, 1851. A Van Mons seedling. Fruit large, conic, bent, with unequal sides, 
lemon-yellow, covered densely with gray dots, lightly russeted; very good for all purposes; 
Oct. 
Marianne de Nancy. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:396, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
812. 1869. 
A seedling of Van Mons who sent cuttings of it a few days before his death to M. Millot, 
a pomologist at Nancy, Fr. Fruit medium, obtuse-turbinate, very regular and even in 
contour, grass-green, stained with brown-russet; flesh whitish, fine, melting or semi-melting; 
juice abundant, very sugary, acidulous; second, though sometimes first when its flesh is 
very melting and its juice full of flavor; mid-Aug. 
Marie Benoist. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:397, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 
187. 1920. 
Obtained from seed by Auguste Benoist, Brissac, Maine-et-Loire, Fr., in 1853. Fruit 
