364 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



An old French pear mentioned first by Merlet in 1675. Fruit medium to large, pyri- 

 form-obtuse, bright yellow when ripe, washed with dark red on the side of the sun; flesh 

 yellowish, semi-fine or coarse, breaking; juice deficient, sweet, no perfume; first for kitchen 

 use; Jan. to Apr. 

 Doppelttragende gelbe Muskatellerbime. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:11. 1856. 



Originated in Thuringia, Ger., 1803. Fruit medium, conic, symmetrical, light green- 

 ish-yellow; flesh breaking, soft, mild, tender, aromatic; good; Aug. 



Dorell Herbst Muskateller. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:96. 1856. 2. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 6:1, fig. 385. 1880. 



Fruit nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, pale yellow sprinkled with very small, very 

 numerous and regularly-spaced fawn dots usually free from any trace of russet ; at maturity 

 the yellow passes into clear lemon-yellow and on well-exposed fruits is washed with vermilion ; 

 flesh white, rather fine, breaking, dense, not juicy but sugary and perfumed; good for culi- 

 nary purposes ; winter. 

 Dorothee Nouvelle. i. Guide Prai. 92. 1876. 



Belgian; highly recommended. Fruit of first quality; Oct. Tree very fertile. 

 Dorothee Royale Nouvelle. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:39, fig. 500. 1881. 



Fruit small, pyriform, green changing to pale yellow, some russet markings and 

 speckled with grayish dots; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, sugary, delicious; good; Oct. and 

 Nov. 

 Dorr. I. Co\& Am. Fr. Book ISA- i849- 2. 'EAXiottFr. Book ^21. 1859. 



Originated in New Hampshire. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, pale yellow, blushed 

 with red; flesh rather coarse, deficient in juice, sweet, pleasant; cooking or eating; Aug. 

 Dorschbime. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 148, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, obtuse-turbinate, somewhat globular, green 

 changing to yellow when ripe, dotted with yellow-brown and marked with cinnamon-russet, 

 blushed on the sun-exposed side; fiesh tough, light yellow, very astringent, subacid and 

 very juicy; Oct. 

 Dosoris. I. Horticulturist 22:88. 1867. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 100. 1869. 



Foimd in a field at Glen Cove, L. I., about 1866. Fruit full medium, obtuse-pyriform, 

 when ripe a beautiful yellow with two-thirds bright scarlet; flesh sweet, juicy, agreeable,, 

 though deficient in flavor; beginning of Aug.; good but not first quality. 

 Double d'Autonine. 1. Lindley Guide Orch.Gard. 4g. 1831. 2. Mag. J/on. 9:131. 1843. 



Fruit mediimi, Bergamot-shaped, entirely cinnamon-russet, through which a little 

 green appears, with numerous small, gray specks; flesh white, breaking, rather gritty but 

 mellow; juice saccharine. New in 1831 and considered promising but in 1843 was 

 discarded by the London Horticultural Society. 



Double-Fleur. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:i-]']. 1768. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:123, fig. 

 254. 1879. 



Double Blossom. 3. Langley Pomona 132. 1729. 4. hindley Guide Orch. Gard. ^^i 2, 

 1831. 



Of ancient and unknown origin. Mentioned by Nicholas de Bonnefonds in 1651 in 

 his first edition of the Jardinier Francois, by Merlet in 1675 and Claude Saint- 



