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and set in a shallow depression. Stalk, about an inch long, set in a 

 deep, wide, and furrowed cavity. Flesh, tender, buttery, melting, 

 and very juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous, with a fine musky aroma. 



A most delicious pear ; one of the best. Ripe in December. The 

 tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 



DOYENNE DOWNING. Fruit, medium size, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide, and two inches and a half high ; roundish, even, or 

 Bergamot- shaped. Skin, with a dull greenish yellow ground, and con- 

 siderably mottled with large patches of brown russet. Eye, open, with 

 long wide-spreading segments, set in a round even basin. Stalk, short 

 and fleshy, inserted with scarcely any depression. Flesh, very white, 

 rather firm, half-melting, not very juicy, and with a pleasant flavour of 

 anise. 



A good but not a high-class fruit ; ripe in the last week of Sep- 

 tember, and soon afterwards decays. 



It was found at Haute Perche, near Angers, in 1851, and was dedicated by 

 M. Andre Leroy to the memory of Mr. A. J. Downing, the American pomologist. 



Doyenne Esterckman. See Beurre Sterckmans. 



.Doyenne d'Ete. See Summer Doyenne. 



Doyenne Galloux. See Eed Doyenne. 



Doyenne Gris. See lied Doyenne. 



Doyenne Gris d'Hiver Nouveau. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



DOYENNE GOUBAULT. Fruit, above medium size; obovate, 

 inclining to pyriform. Skin, pale yellow, with markings of russet 

 about the stalk and the eye, and covered with russety dots. Eye, 

 small, set in a rather deep hollow. Stalk, short and thick. Flesh, 

 melting, juicy, rich, sugary, and aromatic. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in January. 



Doyenne d'Hiver. See Easter Beurre. 



Doyenne d'Hiver d'Alen9on. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



Doyenne d'Hiver Nouveau. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



Doyenne Jaune. See Red Doyenne. 



Doyenne de Juillet. See Summer Doyenne. 



Doyenne Marbre. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



Doyenne Musque. See Besi de Montiyny. 



DOYENNE ROBIN. Fruit, large; somewhat oval or roundish 

 obovate. Skin, yellowish, mottled and dotted with bright russet. 

 Eye, open, and rather prominent. Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted 



