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THE PEAR. 



DOYENNE GRAY. 



Gray Butter Pear, 

 Gray Doyenne, 

 Doyenne Rouge, 

 Doyenne Roux, 

 Doyenne d Automne, 



Gray Dean s, 

 Doyenne Gris, 

 Red Doyenne , 

 St. Michel Dore, 

 Doyenne Galeux. 



This has been confounded with &quot; Boussouck&quot; and with &quot; Surpasse 

 Virgalieu,&quot; but is distinct. It is a good bearer oa pear or quince, 

 a hardy tree, with upright grayish brown shoots. 



Fruit, medium, roundish, obovate or obtuse pyriform ; skin, cov 

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

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

 buttery, melting. Season, October. 



DOYENNE WHITE. 



White Dean, 



Virgalieu, 



Butter Pear, 



St. Michael, 



Virgaloo, 



Bergaloo, 



Yellow 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. 



