PLATE LXX. 
9. DUCHESSE DE MARS. 
[Syn : Comtesse de Lunay .] 
This variety is said to be a seedling from the Seckle pear. 
Description. —Fruit: medium size, obovate. Skin : yellow, with a tinge of reddish brown 
next the sun, and considerably covered with brown russet. Eye : small and closed, set in a shallow 
depression. Stalk: an inch long, inserted on the surface of the fruit. Flesh: buttery, melting, 
juicy, perfumed and well flavoured. 
An excellent pear, in season in November. 
The tree is hardy and makes an excellent pyramid on the quince. It succeeds well also as a 
standard, on the pear stock, and in all forms, bears abundantly. 
