560 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Depot de Syllery. See Cassolette. 



De Pezenas. See Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



Deschamps. See Beurre d'Aremberg. 



Desiree Van Mons. See Fondante de Charneu. 



DESIRE CORNELIS. Fruit, large size, three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches and three-quarters wide ; oblong-oval, even and 

 regularly formed. Skin, smooth, at first of a fine grass-green colour, 

 thickly covered with brown dots, and as it ripens the ground colour 

 becomes greenish yellow, thickly covered with cinnamon-coloured dots, 

 and with a large patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, large and 

 irregular, partially closed, and with stout, coarse, irregular segments, 

 placed in a shallow basin, which is plaited or undulating round the 

 margin. Stalk, long, stout, and fleshy, inserted on the end of the fruit 

 without depression. Flesh, yellowish white, very tender, buttery, 

 melting, and very juicy, rich, vinous, and with a flavour equal to that 

 of Marie Louise. 



A delicious summer dessert pear ; ripe in the end of August and 

 beginning of September. It is ripe at the same time as Williams's Bon 

 Chretien, to which it is a great rival where the musky flavour of that 

 variety is not appreciated. Mr. Blackmore says it is " a fine pear, 

 but not of high flavour ; sweet and of loose texture." 



DEUX SCEURS. Fruit, large, three inches and a half long, and two 

 inches and a half wide ; oblong, ribbed and undulating in its outline. 

 Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, sometimes entirely covered with a very 

 thin crust of pale brown russet, but always more or less mottled and 

 dotted with russet. Eye, small and open, set in a very narrow and 

 shallow depression. Stalk, half an inch to three-quarters long, inserted 

 obliquely in a narrow cavity by the side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, 

 white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, with a sweet, sprightly juice, 

 and rich flavour, not unlike Marie Louise, but quite distinct from it. 



A remarkably fine pear ; ripe in the end of October. The tree is a 

 good bearer, a vigorous grower, and forms excellent pyramids either 

 on the pear or the quince. Mr. Blackmore says it is quite worthless 

 at Teddington. 



The original tree sprang up in the garden of two sisters, the Misses Knoop, at 

 Malines, and hence the name of Deux Sceurs. 



DEUX TETES (Double Calijce; Deux Yeux). Fruit, medium size ; 

 roundish, somewhat turbinate. Skin, pale yellowish green on the 

 shaded side, washed with red on the side next the sun. Eye, large 

 and oval, placed on two small prominences, appearing as if dividing it 

 in two, hence the name of Deux Tetes. Stalk, an inch long, often fleshy 

 at the insertion, and obliquely inserted under a fleshy enlargement of 

 the fruit. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, and slightly perfumed. 



A dessert fruit ; ripe in August. More curious than useful. This 

 is an old variety, being mentioned by Parkinson. 



