282 Pears. 



WHITE DOYENN!* (Butter Pear of Perm., Virgalieu of N. Y., St. 

 Michael of Boston, Yellow Butter, White Beurrd, Doyenne', Doy- 

 enne* Blanc.) Medium or rather large, regular obovate, obtuse, 

 sometimes remotely pyriform ; surface pale yellow, often a faint 

 blush ; stalk about an inch long, scarcely sunk ; calyx small, basin 

 shallow ; flesh of very fine texture, white, buttery, melting, rich, 

 arid excellent. Middle to late autumn. Shoots ascending, grey- 

 ish yellow ; leaves folded, recurved. It fails by cracking in many 



Fig. 327. Des Nonnes. 



localities, but in portions of the Western States it is unsurpassed 

 in its excellent qualities of hardy growth, fair fruit, delicious 

 flavor, and great productiveness. 



North of forty-two degrees of latitude, it becomes a late autumn 

 fruit, and may be kept into winter. 



* Pronounced Doyennay'. 



