Menie (PI 318838).-Originated in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, by Canada Dept. Agr., Research Station. Introduced in 1947. Kurskaya x Flemish Beauty; selected in 1930. Fruit: large; flavor pleasant; quality good. Tree: hardy; vigorous; slow to come into bearing. Recommended for home gardens in eastern Ontario and Quebec. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.Scions presented by the Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice, Poland. Received by the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Maryland on 24 January, 1967. Received as Pyrus communis 'Menie'. -- USDA Plant Inventory No. 175.