Francis Dana showed this among other seedlings of his to the Fruit Committee of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860. Fruit medium, oval, russet; flesh has some-
thing of the honeyed sweetness as well as some external resemblance to Dana Hovey.
Machlander Mostbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 48, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit large, pyriform, green turning to yellowish-green,
russeted; flesh granular, green under the skin, subacid; Sept. and Oct.
Mackleroy. 1. South. Nurs. Cat. 4. 10921.
This variety, introduced by the Southern Nursery Company, Winchester, Tenn., in
1921, is said to have been brought to Tennessee by Davis Mackleroy from South Carolina
Over I00 years ago.
McLaughlin. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:62. 1842. 2. Ibid. 13:251. 1847. 3. Downing Fr.
Trees Am. 807, fig. 1869.
In October, 1831, General Wingate of Portland, Me., stated “‘ That a person in Oxford
County, many years since raised a number of pear trees from seeds, all of which produced
inferior fruit, with the exception of one tree; and from that tree, the scions were taken and
engrafted by a Mr. McLaughin, of Scarborough.’”’ Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform; skin
slightly rough, bright cinnamon-russet, tinged with brownish-red on the sunny side, with
some traces of a bright yellow ground on the shaded side; flesh yellowish, rather coarse,
melting, juicy, rich, sugary; Nov. to Jan.
Macomber. 1. Rural N. Y. 44:263, figs. 145, 146. 188s.
Raised by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt. Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing
to yellow, blushed; flesh buttery, melting, juicy, sweet; very good; Oct. and Nov.
McVean. 1. Horticulturist 9:340. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 807. 1869.
