PEABS. 651 



SUMMER DOYENNE (Doyenne d'Ete ; Doyenne de Juillet; Joli- 

 mont; Roi Jolimoni). Fruit, small, two inches wide, and one and 

 three-quarters high ; roundish, or roundish turbinate. Skin, smooth, 

 and wherever shaded of a clear greenish yellow, changing as it ripens 

 to a fine lemon-yellow, and on the side next the sun covered with a red 

 blush, and strewed with grey dots. Eye, small, half open, set in a 

 shallow plaited basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, not 

 depressed. Flesh, yellowish white, half-melting, and very juicy, sweet, 

 and pleasantly flavoured. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in the end of July, but requires to be 

 gathered before it becomes yellow, otherwise it soon becomes mealy, 

 and is quite insipid. The tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 



The origin of this pear has caused a good deal of discussion amoog pomologists ; 

 but I do not see how there need be any doubt or difficulty about it. In Van Mons' 

 catalogue, at p. 28, we find " Doyenne d'Ere ; par nous." In the preface this expres- 

 sion " par nous " is stated to signify " que ce fruit est un resultat de nos essais." 

 This being the case, we cannot suppose that Van Mons would have claimed a fruit 

 he did not raise. Diel acknowledges having received it from Van Mons in his 

 Kernobstsorten, vol. xix., and in his Systematisches Verzeichniss, 2 Fort., p. 90, he 

 describes it under the name of Brussels Sommerdechantsbirne with the svnonyme 

 Doyenne d'Ete, V.M., and this distinction of placing Van Mons' initials in con- 

 junction with it was, no doubt, to distinguish it from that other Doyenne d'Ete 

 which he had described in vol. iii., p. 39, of the Kernobstsnrten, and which is a 

 totally different fruit, of medium size, with no red on the sunny side, and which 

 ripens in the end of August. This must have been raised by Van Mons at an 

 early period, for Diel mentions it among his best pears in 1812. 



SUMMER FRANC, REAL (Beryainotte de la Beuvrier; Beurre 

 d'Ete; Bergamotte d'Ete; Coule Soif ; Fin Or d'Ete; Franc Real 

 d'Ete; Great Mouthwater; Gros Micet d'Ete ; Grosse Mouille Bouche ; 

 Hdtiveau Blanc; Milan Blanc; Milan de la Beuvriere ; Roy ale). 

 Fruit, above medium size, two inches and a half wide, aud about the 

 same in height ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, pale yellowish green, strewed 

 with numerous brown and green dots, and tinged with brownish red 

 next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a small undulating basin. 

 Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, fine-grained, buttery and melting, rich and sugary. 



An excellent early pear; ripe in September. The tree succeeds 

 well as a standard, is a good bearer, and grows best on the pear 

 stock. 



This was at one time much grown in this country, but is now rarely met with. 

 Miller was in error in making the Summer Bergamot of English gardens synony- 

 mous with this, and Forsyth and Lindley have equally erred in following him. It 

 is sometimes called Hampden's Bergamot. 



SUMMER PORTUGAL. Fruit, quite small; pyriform. Skin, 

 bright grass-green, with a brownish blush on the side next the sun, 

 and dotted all over with dark green dots ; when quite ripe it is clear 

 yellow, with a red cheek. Eye, large and prominent, wide open, and 

 set even with the surface. Stalk, pretty stout, upwards of. an inch 



