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good pyramids. Fruit small, ovate, covered with russet; flesh fine, melting, very juicy. 
and sugary; Dec. 
Matou. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:414, fig. 1869. 
A variety, known also as Chat-Grillé and Chat-Réti in France and which must not be 
confounded with the Chat-Briélé, already described, which ripens in December. Its origin 
is unknown. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform and enlarged around central circumference, 
golden-yellow, dotted and marbled with gray-russet, washed with carmine on the face 
exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine, breaking, watery, very granular at the center; 
juice rather abundant, rarely very saccharine, astringent, almost devoid of perfume; third; 
mid-Aug. 
Matthews. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 82. 1903. 2. Hopedale Nurs. Cat. 17. 1913. 
Brought from New Jersey about 1835 by a Mr. Chiever and planted at Delavan, II. 
Tree long-lived, a late bearer. Fruit medium to large, apple-shaped, green turning yellow, 
sweet, juicy; Oct. to Feb. 
Maud Hogg. 1. Jour. Hort. 20:30. 1871. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 615. 1884. 
Raised by John Mannington, Uckfield, in the Weald of Sussex, Eng.; bore fruit in 1871 
for the first time. Fruit above medium, oblong-obovate; skin entirely covered with a crust 
of warm brown-russet like that of the Beurré Gris, and has a slight orange glow on the 
side exposed to the sun, very much like the Chaumontel, no yellow or ground color visible; 
flesh yellowish-white, tender and buttery, very juicy, sweet, richly flavored; a dessert 
pear of the first quality; Oct. to Dec. 
Maude. 1. Guide Prat. 100. 1876. 
A French perry pear abundantly cultivated in the Haute-Savoie, Fr. Fruit medium, 
globular, grayish-green washed with red; flesh coarse, remarkably juicy. 
Maurice Desportes. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:415, fig. 1869. 
This came from the seed beds of M. André Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first fruited in 1863. 
Fruit medium, oblong-conic, yellow, dotted with gray, blushed on the sunny side; stem long, 
rather stout, continuous with the fruit; calyx small, open, in a large cavity; flesh white, 
rather fine and rather melting, slightly granular, juicy, sweet; first; Sept. 
Mausebirne. 1. Dochnahl ihr. Obstkunde 2:138. 1856. 
Hanover, Ger., 1852. Fruit medium to large, variable in form, distorted, bossed; 
skin fine, greenish turning to yellow when ripe, almost entirely covered with cinnamon- 
russet, sprinkled with green spots; flesh yellowish-white, sweet and scented with rose; 
first for the table and kitchen use; Oct. 
Mayflower. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 
A seedling raised by Dr. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which fruited first in 1863. Fruit 
“ short diameter 2} inches, long diameter 3 inches; flesh rather dry and firm; skin yellow, 
with red cheek; keeps soundly without extra care until May. A most prolific bearer. 
Short pyriform.” 
Maynard. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 52. 1857. 2. Ibid. 815. 1869. 
Origin unknown but thought to have been first grown in Lancaster County, Pa. Fruit 
medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow with russet dots and a crimson cheek; flesh white, juicy 
and sugary; moderately good; end of July. 
