470 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
a very light rosy red; flesh whitish, slightly tinted with green, tender, a little soft, melting, 
full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed; good; mid-July. 
Mellish. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 815. 1869. 
Fruit below medium, globular-pyriform, pale yellow, netted, patched and dotted with 
russet; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good to very good; Oct. 
Melon. 1. Knoop Fructologie 1:77, Tab. 1. 1771. 2. Leroy Dict.. Pom. 2:417, fig. 
1869. 
Of Dutch origin; first described in the Pomology of Knoop in 1766. Fruit medium, 
typically pyriform, slightly obtuse, regular in outline, sometimes a little uneven and crooked, 
greenish-yellow when ripe and more or less marked with black, or dark brown, stains, of 
poor appearance; flesh delicate and gritty, rather succulent and savory but having no 
particular flavor, not sprightly nor does it justify its name; Aug. and Sept. 
Melon de Hellmann. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:83, fig. 330. 1880. 
Grown by M. Hellmann, Meiningen, Ger. Fruit large, spherical, even in outline, 
intense green passing to decided yellow when ripe and warmly golden on the side of the sun, 
numerous dark green spots; flesh white, coarse, semi-breaking; juice sugary, perfumed 
and agreeable; second, good for cooking; Sept. 
Ménagére Sucrée de Van Mons. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:127, fig. 160. 1878. 
A seedling of Van Mons who distributed it without name. Fruit medium, conic- 
turbinate; skin thick, at first very clear green sprinkled with gray dots, numerous, very 
small but clearly visible; towards maturity the green changes to brilliant lemon-yellow and 
warmly golden on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine, semi-buttery and dis- 
tinctly perfumed with clove; Oct. 
Mendenhall. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 88. 1900. 
Mentioned as one of the “ newer ” varieties of pears, having given its first ripe specimens 
on July sth, 1900. Fruit small, pyriform, yellow, much better in quality than Early 
Harvest. 
Meresia Nevill. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 616. 1884. 
A seedling of John Mannington, Uckfield, Sussex, Eng.; first fruited in 1872. Fruit 
below medium, roundish-obovate or oval, even and regular in outline, entirely covered with 
thick, dark-brown russet; flesh semi-melting, crisp, juicy, sweet, with a rich vinous flavor; 
an excellent dessert pear; Dec. and Jan. 
Merlet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 22418, fig. 1869. 
Merlet came from the nurseries of M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr.; it fruited first in 186. 
Fruit medium, turbinate, slightly obtuse and bossed; skin smooth, fine and shining, yellow- 
ish-green, delicately dotted with gray; flesh greenish-white, semi-fine, melting, watery, 
granular around the core; juice abundant and saccharine, refreshing and having a highly 
delicate flavor; first; Aug. 
Merriam. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 524. 1857. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 284. 
1867. 
Originated at Roxbury, Mass.; popular in Boston in 1867. Fruit large, globular, 
somewhat flattened at base and crown, smooth, rich yellow, covered with pale russet 
around the stem and calyx, and netted with russet all over; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, 
melting, juicy, sugary, perfumed, very good; Sept. and Oct. 
