VARIETIES. 



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White Doyenne. 

 Fig. 84. 



This fruit scarcely needs a description — it is of medium size, 

 oblong obovate, becoming golden yellow in ripening, with a rich 

 blush on one cheek. It is the very tj'pe by which all other Pears 

 are compared in its melting, buttery texture, and abundant spiced 

 and high-flavored juice. , 



The tree is vigorous, of rather upright growth ; the yearling 

 shoots of a yellowish cast, with a pale blush on sunny side ; 

 the older wood, of a slight reddish glow. 



There are many seedlings of this variofy tiiat approach it in 

 cxcelleuce. 



10* 



