Mission. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 73. 1895.
Originated at the old mission near Capistrano, California. Fruit medium, acutely pyriform, long, yellow, nearly covered with russet; flesh very fine and buttery; very mild or sweet; ripe in Sept. in southern California.
Mr. Hill’s Pear. 1. Langley Pomona 132, Pl. LXIII, figs. 2, 4. 1729.
Mentioned by Batty Langley, Twickenham, Eng., as bearing two crops in the year. Fruit rather small, obtuse-pyriform, usually distorted at the upper end, grows in clusters; in 1727 the first crop matured on Aug. 24, and the second crop on Oct. 1.
Mitchell Russet. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 525. 1857. 2. Ibid. 817. 1869.
Originated at Belleville, Ill. Fruit medium or small, obovate inclining to conic; skin rough, dark russet, thickly covered with gray dots; flesh juicy, melting, rich and highly perfumed, astringent; scarcely good; Oct.
Mitschurin. 1. Can. Hort. 17:292. 1894.
Probably Russian. Fruit very large; a good kitchen fruit; mid-season.
Moccas. 1. Gard. Chron. 717. 1841. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 617. 1884.
Raised from seed by Thomas Andrew Knight, Downton Castle, Eng. Fruit medium, oval, uneven, and bossed in outline, lemon-colored, marked with patches and veins of thin pale brown-russet and strewed with russet dots; flesh yellowish, fine, melting, tender, full of rich vinous juice, musky in flavor; a delicious dessert pear.