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De Trois Tours. See Beurre Diel. 

 Deux Yeux. See Double Tetes. 

 Diamant. See Gansel's Bergamot. 

 Dillen d'Automne. See Marechal Dillen. 

 Dingier. See Comte cle Lamy. 



DIX. Fruit, very large ; Calebasse-shaped. Skin, deep yellow, 

 covered all over with rough russet dots and markings of russet. Eye, 

 small, set in a wide shallow depression. Stalk, upwards of an inch in 

 length, stout, and inserted without depression. Flesh, rather coarse- 

 grained, juicy, sweet, and slightly perfumed. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in November. 



DOCTOR ANDRY. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and the same in height; roundish turbinate orBergamot- 

 shaped. Skin, clear bright yellow, strewed with patches and dots of 

 fawn-coloured russet, especially about the stalk and the eye. Eye, 

 half open, set in a wide, shallow depression. Stalk, short and stout, 

 placed in a shallow cavity. Flesh, melting, very juicy, somewhat 

 gritty, sweet, and with a musky perfume. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November. The tree is a great bearer, 

 succeeds well either on the pear or the quince, and forms handsome 

 pyramids. 



Raised by M. Boisbunel, of Rouen, and named in honour of Dr. Andry, Fresi- 

 <?ent of the Horticultural Society of Paris. 



Doctor Bretonneau. See Beurre Bretonneau. 



DOCTOR CAPRON. Fruit, about medium size, two inches wide, 

 and three inches high ; pyramidal, narrowing both towards the eye and 

 the stalk, even and regular in outline. Skin, of an uniform deep yellow, 

 dotted and veined over its whole surface with pale brown russet. Eye, 

 small and open, set even with the margin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 woody, inserted without depression by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, 

 yellow, melting, juicy, sweet, and of good flavour. 



Ripe in November, when it rots at the core. 



DOCTOR HOGG BERGAMOT. Fruit, produced in great clusters ; 

 small, the size of Seckle ; obovate, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, at first grass-green, with a dull brownish red cheek on one side, 

 and considerably covered with russet, which is thickly strewed with 

 large rough ashy grey dots, extending over the whole surface ; as it 

 ripens the green becomes deep yellow, and the dull red a bright deep 

 red, shining cheek, with an orange glow. Eye, open, with short, erect, 

 tooth-like segments, sunk in a shallow, saucer-like depression. Stalk, 

 short and stout, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, melting, slightly 

 gritty at the core, remarkably sweet, like honey, with a fine brisk 

 acidulous flavour, and a perfume of lemon. 



