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specks: Stem, short, about half an inch long, slender, and 

 inserted without any very perceptible cavity : Eye, medium 

 size, open, and little depressed in abroad, rather shallow basin ; 

 segments of the calyx, short, reflexed : Flesh, greenish white, 

 fine, melting and juicy : Flavor, pleasant, saccharine, little per- 

 fumed and good : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium size, 

 brown. Ripe in October. 



178. Doyenne' Defais. 



Doyenne d'Affay. 

 Beurr6 Defais ? 



This new pear (Jig. 11) we have now fruited three or four 

 years, and it appears to possess many excellent qualities. Tt 



THE doyenne' defais. 



conies in at a good season, when we have not an overabund- 

 ance of excellent pears, — ripens readily, — and produces good 

 crops. In quality it approaches the old White Doyenne. 



The Doyenne Defais is, we believe, a Belgian variety, and 

 named after the originator. We do not find it described in 



