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THE PEAR. 
sun. Flesh tender, juicy. Ripening in September and October 
Tree very productive. (Leroy’s Cat.) 
Marianne de Nancy. Al. Pom. 
Fruit large, pyramidal, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellowish 
green, thickly covered with brown and green dots. Stem 
medium ; calyx large and open ; basin shallow. Flesh coarse, 
granular, juicy, and from young trees poor. November. 
Marechal Dillen. Yan Mons. 
Tree vigorous and very fertile. 
Fruit very large, very inconstant in form, varying from turbi 
nate to ovoid and almost cylindric. Skin pale green, mottled 
with fawn and yellow slightly at maturity. Flesh white, fine, 
melting, and buttery, and abounds in very sugary juice. Ripe 
last of October and November. (An. Pom.) 
Mather. 
Originated with John Mather, near Jenkinstown, Montgomery 
Co., Pa. 
Fruit below medium size, obovate. Skin red, with occasion- 
ally a mottled cheek, and russeted around the stem, which is 
obliquely inserted by fleshy rings without depression. Calyx 
medium, basin very small. Flesh a little coarse, but buttery. 
Flavour delicate and pleasant. August. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 
Maynard. 
Origin unknown ; grown in Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform. Skin yellow, with russet 
dots and a crimson cheek. Sta^k obliquely inserted, fleshy at 
its junction. Calyx open, in a slight depression. Flesh white, 
juicy, and sugary. Ripe last of July. (Dr. Eshleman.) 
McLaughlin. 
A native of Maine, introduced by S. L. Goodale of Saco 
Tree hardy and vigorous. 
Fruit large, elongated, obtuse-pyriform. Skin rough, greenish, 
mostly covered with russet, which becomes yellowish at maturity, 
with a warm sunny cheek. Stalk short, inserted at an incli- 
nation, with some appearance of a lip. Calyx open, set in a 
shallow, corrugated basin. Flesh whitish, not very fine, juicy 
and melting. Flavour sweet, rich, and perfumed. November 
to January. 
Merriam. 
Origin, Roxbury, Mass. Tree vigorous and very productive. 
