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in honour of M. Noisette, the nurseryman of that city. It was also sent in 1831, 

 under No. 1660, to M, Bouvier, of Jodoigne, who, when it fruited, named it Due 

 de Nemours. 



Due d'Orleans. See Marechal de Cour. 

 Duchesse. See Duchesse d Angouleme. 



DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME (DucTiesse; Eparonnais ; De Pe- 

 zenas). Fruit, large, sometimes very large, three inches and a half 

 wide, and three inches and three-quarters high being the average of 

 the larger size, but it is generally smaller ; roundish obovate, very 

 uneven and bossed in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow, changing to 

 pale dull yellow, covered with veins and freckles of pale brown russet, 

 and when grown in a favourable exposure against a wall it sometimes 

 acquires a brownish cheek. Eye, open, with erect, dry segments, set 

 in a deep, irregular basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted in a 

 deep, irregular cavity. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, with a 

 rich flavour when well ripened, but generally it is coarse-grained and 

 half-melting, juicy, and sweet. 



A dessert pear, sometimes of great excellence ; ripe during October 

 and November. The tree is a vigorous and healthy grower, bears 

 abundantly, and succeeds well either on the pear or the quince, forming 

 handsome pyramids. When grown against a wall, and the fruit well 

 thinned, the latter sometimes attain an enormous size. At Teddington, 

 Mr. Blackmore says, it is very coarse and gritty. 



The original tree was observed by M. Anne-Pierre Audusson, nurseryman at 

 Angers, growing in the garden of the farm of Eparonnais, near Champigne, in 

 Anjou, and having procured grafts of it, he sold the trees in 1812 under the name 

 of Poire des Eparonnais. In 1820 he sent a basket of the fruit to the Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, with a request to be permitted to name the pear in honour of her ; 

 a request which was granted, and since that time it has borne its present appellation. 



DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME PANACHEE. This in every 

 respect resembles the normal form from which it is a sport, and dis- 

 tinguished by the wood, the leaves and the fruit being variegated with 

 alternate green and yellow. It originated in the nurseries of M. Andre 

 Leroy at Angers in 1840. 



DUCHESSE DE BERRY D'ETE (Duchesse de Berry de X antes).- 

 Fruit, below medium size ; roundish obovate, even in its outline. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, of a greenish lemon-yellow colour, strewed 

 with small russet dots, a circle of thin pale russet round the eye, and 

 a patch round the stalk. Eye, very small and closed, with small, flat 

 segments, and set even with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, woody, inserted on one side in a small cavity, with a fleshy 

 lip on one side of it. Flesh, white, rather coarse-grained, and slightly 

 gritty, crisp, and very juicy. Juice, cool and refreshing, sweet, and 

 briskly flavoured. 



A good early pear ; ripe in the end of August and beginning of 

 September. 



