THE DOYENNE' BOUSSOCK PEAR. 



DOYENNE' BOUSSOCK. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xiii. p. 68. 



DoYENNE 7 BOUSSOCK NOUVELLE, American Orchardist, 3d Ed. 

 DOYENNE' BROUSSACH, of some French Collections. 



IT is somewhat remarkable that a pear, pos- 

 sessing the excellent qualities of the Doyenne 

 Boussock, should not have had a more extended 

 reputation, or have been better known to pomol- 

 ogists. Our first knowledge of it was derived 

 from the American Orchardist, where it was briefly 

 noticed, and first made known to American col- 

 lections, by Mr. Kenrick, on his return from 

 Europe, in the spring of 1841. In a subsequent 

 edition of the Orchardist, it was more fully de- 

 scribed as follows : " New and large ; of superior excellence ; ripening 

 at Paris in November." (4th Ed. p. 101.) From this favorable notice, 

 we were induced to add the variety to our collection ; and our trees hav- 

 ing produced fine specimens the last two years, we are enabled to state 

 that it fully equals the character ascribed to it by Mr. Kenrick. It is 

 not only a very large and beautiful fruit, as our plate represents, but in 

 quality it ranks with the best of our autumn pears, having much of the 

 character of that old favorite, the White Doyenne. 



The late Mr. Manning received a variety under the name of Doyenne 

 Boussock, (Mag. of Hort., viii. p. 56,) which proved to be the Doyenne 

 gris, but subsequently he obtained and fruited the true one. It is 

 somewhat singular, however, that among trees purchased at auction in 

 Boston, which had been received from France, the true Doyenne Bous- 

 sock has been discovered in three or four collections ; and the beauty 

 and size of the specimens have surprised pomologists, who were quite 

 unacquainted with such a variety. 



The Doyenne Boussock is very large, some of the specimens having 

 the obtuse form and irregular surface of the Duchesse d'Angouleme, but 

 generally it is of regular form. The tree grows freely either on the pear 

 or quince, and comes early into bearing, about the third or fourth year. 

 TKEE. Vigorous, of a somewhat spreading, though generally upright, 

 habit, the branches being horizontal at first, but making a long curve 

 upwards, as our vignette represents. 



WOOD. Clear yellowish brown, sparsely dotted with large pale brown 

 specks, very stout, and rather short-jointed ; old wood dark yellowish 



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