Desct^iptions of Six varieties of Pears. 175 



light brown, fleshy at the base, and forced into an obUque 

 direction by a small protuberance or lip on one side : Eye, 

 small, closed, moderately sunk in a shallow, rather furrowed 

 basin ; segments of the calyx slender, pointed : Flesh, yellow- 

 ish white, with a slight grit at the core, but melting and very 

 juicy ; Flavor, rich and sugary, with a pleasant, musky per- 

 fume : Core, large : Seeds, medium size, dark brown. Ripe 

 the latter part of September and beginning of October. 



39. Doyenne' Sieulle. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



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This is a new and recently proved fruit. The name is in- 

 serted in the last edition of the London Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's Catalogue, but its qualities had not been ascertained, at 

 the time of publication, in 1842. Last year we had the 

 pleasure of receiving two very fine specimens from two differ- 

 ent cultivators, our own trees not yet having produced fruit, 

 though now full of buds ; and we were highly gratified to 

 find it so excellent a pear, nearly or quite equalling the old 

 white Doyenne, and equally if not more beautiful, having a 

 brilliant red cheek and fair skin. It is of large size and 

 rather peculiar form, quite distinguishable from most other 

 varieties. Of its origin, we have no information, as we do 

 not find it described in any work except Mr. Downing' s 

 Fruits and Fruit Trees, and very briefly there. It is, how- 

 ever, a first rate fruit, and well worthy a place in every 

 collection. The tree, in the color of the wood and habit of 

 growth, resembles the white Doyenne, but the fruit is char- 

 acterized by its nearly round form, with a slight suture on 

 one side, and its very stout, swoollen stem, as in the engrav- 

 ing, {Jig. 7.) It succeeds well on the quince. 



Size, large, two and a quarter inches long, and two and 

 a quarter in diameter : Form, roundish, little irregular, some- 

 times depressed : Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellow and pale 

 green, very broadly shaded and marbled with brilliant red on 

 the sunny side, and regularly covered with large reddish rus- 

 set specks, thickest where exposed : Stem, medium length, 

 about one inch, very stout, smooth, and deeply sunk in a cavity 



