THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 359 



Deux Tetes. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:244. 1768. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:23, fig. 

 1869. 



Zwibotzenbirne. 3. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 162. 1825. 4. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 303. 

 1889. 



One of the most ancient pears cultivated in France. Charles Estienne described it in 

 1530 in his Seminarium, under the name Pyra Bicipitia or Poire a Deux-Testes. It takes 

 its name from its large and oval calyx being placed on two prominences. Fruit small to 

 medium, globular, somewhat turbinate, pale yellowish-green in the shade, blushed on the 

 side next the sun; flesh white, coarse, breaking, juicy, slightly perfumed, but often having 

 an unpleasant acidity; an indifferent dessert fruit; Aug. 

 Devergnies. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 6:57, fig. 1858. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:24, fig. 1869. 



Obtained from seed in 1817 in Hainaut by M. Devergnies of Mons. Fruit medium, 

 turbinate-obtuse, much corrugated at summit, olive-green, nearly covered with gray-russet 

 and slightly clouded with orange-red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine, 

 melting, buttery; juice abundant, acidulous, sugary, aromatic; second; Nov. and Dec. 

 Dewey. i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1898. 2. Cornell Sta. Bui. 332:480, fig. 160. 1913. 



An oriental pear, in form resembling Kieffer. Fruit medium, conical to globular-oval, 

 rusty green with faint blush; skin rough; flesh white, juicy, coarse, gritty, fibrous; quality 

 poor; Oct. 

 Dhomme*. . i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:25, fig. 1869. 



A seedling raised by the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr. ; it first bore fruit 

 in 1858. Fruit medium and often larger, long-ovate, bossed, one side always larger 

 than the other, bright green, finely dotted and much mottled with russet ; flesh white, firm, 

 fine, melting, slightly gritty; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, devoid of perfume; second; 

 Oct. to Dec. 

 Dickennmn. i. Elliott Fr. Book 376. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 736. 1869. 



Dikeman. 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 700. 1897. 



Obtained by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Conn. Fruit medium, globular-oblate, often 

 irregular in outline, yellowish, bright cinnamon on the sunny side, covered with minute 

 dots; flesh white, fine, melting, sugary, perfumed; first; Sept. 

 Diego, i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



Described by John Parkinson in 1629 as a small pear growing in clusters, excellent 

 and musky in flavor. 

 Dienstbotenbirns. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:200. 1856. 



Dutch, 1807. Fruit medium, pyriform, light greenish-yellow turning to bright yellow, 

 with only an indistinct red blush, if any; flesh granular, aromatic and sweet; good; Oct. 

 Dieudonne Anthoine. I. Ann. Pom. Beige 5:85, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:26, 

 fig. 1869. 



Obtained by Dieudonn6 Anthoine at Ecaussines-d'Enghien, Bel., and bore fruit at 

 Brussels in 1850. Fruit medium and above, globular, slightly turbinate, bossed, flattened 

 at both ends, greenish-yellow, dotted with brown, mottled with russet, becoming at maturity 

 a brilliant yellow, washed with vermilion on the side of the sun ; flesh very white and very 

 fine, breaking ; juice sufficient, sweet, often astringent and only slightly perfumed ; second ; Oct. 



