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Its origin has been attributed to Van Mons, who distributed 

 scions of it among his friends, but Bivort states that it was 

 raised by M. Sterckmans, at Louvain, and from thence sent 

 to the French nurseries. 



Size, large, about three inches long and three inches in 

 diameter : Form, roundish obovate, broad and flattened at 

 the crown, narrowing suddenly to the stem : Ski7i, fair, 

 smooth, clear pale yellow when mature, clouded and mottled 

 with bright red, little traced with russet, and dotted with 



25. THE DOYENNE BTEECKMASS PEAR. 



minute russety specks ; Stem, long, about one and a quarter 

 inches in length, slender, and obliquely inserted in a very 

 small contracted cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and but 

 little sunk in a small, somewhat angular basin ; segments of 

 the calyx, long, recurved : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, and very pleasantly 



