150 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



DOYENXE D'ALE:N"C0]^. Form, obovate pj^riform ; 

 size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 1 ; season, 

 isTovember and December. 



Eemarks. — Tree, fine, handsome grower. Good on 

 quince or j)ear. A good bearer. A fine Winter fruit. 



Doyenne Gris L'Hiver 1N"ouveau, or Winter Gray 

 Doyenne. Color, pale, dull yellow ; form, obovate, obtuse 

 pyriform ; size, 3 ; use, table ; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 

 to 3 ; season, long keeper, to April. 



Eemarks. — Flesh, tinged with orange, coarse-grained, 

 but melting and juicy. Flavor, si^rightl}^, vinous, good; 

 slightly astringent near the skin. Eipens readily, in due 

 time. It is recommended b}^ the author, from experience, 

 not to force the rij)ening of pears out of their natural sea- 

 son ; but to mature them, gradually and evenly, in rather 

 a low temperature, giving sufficient air when the weather 

 is favorable. The air should be a medium, between dry- 

 ness and a slight natural moisture. N^ot in extremes of 

 either. The Gray Doyenne is described by Col. AYilder, 

 in the Horticulturist^ first established by Downing, and 

 which leading work has also been well conducted ever 

 since, by good theoretical, as well as eminently practical 

 men. It is now in very good hands, and has, as it 

 deserves, a large circulation, and still increasing, as may 

 be expected from the gloriously growing interest in Hor- 

 ticulture, and Agriculture, in all parts of the Union. Men 

 are beginning to get their eyes open, at length, to their 

 highest welfare, happiness, and wealth. Fruit should 

 comprise one-third of the human diet, at least. 



Doyenne d'Ete, or Summer Butter, of Indiana. Color, 

 yellowish white ; form, roundish, obtuse pj^riform ; size, 

 3 ; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, August, and some- 

 times July. 



