DOYENNE' D'ETE PEAR. 



taken from the tree at the proper time, it will ripen off in the house, 

 and possess a flesh as melting as the White Doyenne. 



TREE. Vigorous, with an erect and upright hahit, branching regu- 

 larly ; annual shoots moderately stout, and slightly curved at the ends. 



WOOD. Clear olive yellow, with pale brown specks, and rather short- 

 jointed ; old wood grayish olive ; buds medium size, shortly pointed, and 

 slightly diverging : Flower-buds medium size, ovate. 



LEAVES. Medium size, oblong-ovate, narrow, tapering much to the 

 point, little recurved on the midrib, partially drooping, and regularly 

 but not very deeply serrated ; petioles long, about one and a half inches 

 in length, and rather slender. 



FLOWERS. Medium size ; petals thick, obovate, and cupped. 



FRUIT. Medium size, about two inches long, and two inches in di- 

 ameter : Form, roundish- turbinate, largest in the middle, tapering 

 roundly to the stem, where it is obtuse : Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellowish 

 green, becoming nearly yellow when mature, broadly shaded and marbled 

 with brilliant red on the sunny side, and dotted with greenish russet 

 specks : Stem, rather long, about one and a quarter inches, moderately 

 stout, yellowish brown, slightly fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted, 

 without any cavity, under a slight projection : Eye, small, closed, and 

 inserted in a very shallow basin; segments of the calyx short, stiff, 

 projecting : Flesh, yellowish white, little coarse, melting, buttery and 

 juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, sprightly, pleasantly perfumed, and excel- 

 lent : Core, medium size : Seeds, small, flattened, dark brown. 





RIPE the end of July and beginning of August. 





