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THE PEAR. 



Doyenne Gray. 



Gr; / Butter Pear, 

 Gray Doyenne, 

 Doyenne Rouge, 

 Doyenne Roux, 

 Doyenne d'Automne, 



Gray Dean's, 

 Doyenne Gris, 

 Red Doyenne , 

 Si. Michel Dore, 

 Doyenne Galeux. 



This has been confounded with " Boussouck" and with " Surpass^ 

 Virgalieu," but is distinct. It is a good bearer on pear or quince, 

 a hardy tree, with upright grayish brown shoots. 



Fruity medium, roundish, obovate or obtuse pyriform ; skin^ cov- 

 ered with smooth cinnamon rnsset ; stem, curved ; cavity, rather 

 deep; calyx, small, closed; basin, shallow; Jiesh^ white, fine-grained, 

 buttery, melting. Season, October. 



Doyenne White. 



White Dean, 



Virgalieu, 



Butter Pear, 



St. Michael, 



Virs:aloo, 



Bergaloo, 



YeKow Butter, 



White Beurre, 



White Autumn Beurre, 



Dean's, 



Warwick Bergamotte, 



Snow Pear, 



Pine Pear, 



St. :Michael, 



Doyenne , 



Doyenne Blanc, 



Beurre Blanc, 



And twelve others of French and Dutch 



An old variety, every where esteemed when well grown ; trees, 

 hardy, productive either on pear or quince. 



