UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 377 



DiLLEN. 



Deacon Dillen, | Dillon, | Doyennfe Dillen. 



Foreign. This has been heretofore considered a synonym of Beurre 

 Diel ; it, however, proves distinct. Tree, not vigorous, branches erect, 

 diverging ; grayish rough wood. Fruit, large, obovate obtuse pyriform, 

 greenish yellow, russet at stem: stem, short; calyx, small; flesh, fine, 

 melting, tender, juicy, vinous, October, November. 



DiLLER. 



Probabably a native of Pennsylvania. Tree, moderately vigorous ; wood, 

 short-jointed, reddish brown, a regular and abundant bearer. Fruit, 

 medium, ovate obovate, angular, golden yellow, sprinkled, and, in sun, 

 mostly covered with light cinnamon russet ; calyx, open ; basin, shallow ; 

 core, small ; seeds, long, black, pointed : flesh, yellowish white, buttery, 

 sugary ; " very good," or '• best." September. It must not be confounded 

 with the Dillen, a foreign variety. 



DOCTEUR BOUVIER. 



Foreign. A vigorous tree, covered with long, sharp spines, forming a 

 beautiful pyramid ; very productive. 



Fruit, large, elongated pyriform ; skin, light green, taking a slight tint 

 of yellow at maturity, and mottled with russet ; flesh, white, fine, half but- 

 tery, half melting, sufficiently juicy, vinous, and of a perfume most agree- 

 able. February, March. (Al. Pom.) 



DoCTEUR CaPRON. 



Foreign. A new pear of good promise. It has a thick skin of greenish 

 yellow color, covered with blotches of russet, red in the sun, and russet 

 specks ; calyx, closed ; flesh, yellowish white, melting, of a pleasant, rather 

 spirited flavor. October, November. (Hov. Mag.) 



DoCTEUR LeNTIER. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, medium, pyriform ; 

 skin, bright green, becoming slightly yellow at maturity; flesh, fine, melt- 

 ing, buttery, juice abundant, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. Mature 

 at the end of October and November. (An. Pom.) 



Docteur Trousseau. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, pyriform; skin, green, spotted with red, and 

 sprinkled with gray dots ; stalk, strong and woody ; flesh, firm, white, 

 melting, buttery, with an abundance of perfumed sugary juice. November, 

 December. (An. Pom.) 



Dow. 



Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Tree upright, vigorous, 

 productive. 



Fruit, rather above medium, obovate, acutely pyriform, sometimes tur- 

 binate ; skin, rough, yellowish green, sprinkled with russet dots, and a few 

 small patches of russet; stalk, long, inserted at au inclination in a very 

 slight cavity; calyx, large, open, set in a very small basin ; flesh, white, but- 

 tery, juicy, melting, with a good vinous flavor, sometimes slightly astrin- 

 gent. September, October. (Downing.) 



