THE GRAY DOYENNE PEAR. 



Doyenne gris. Duhamel, Arb. Fr. vol. ii. p. 208, t. 47. Cat. 



of the Luxemb. p. 34. Hort. Trans, vol. v. t. 2, f. 1. 



Fruit Cat. no. 235. 



Doyenne d'Automne, of some Collections. 

 Red Doyenne. Hort. Trans, vol. i. p. 230. Fruit Cat. 



no. 238. 

 Doyenne roux. Poiteau et Turpin, Arb. Fr. 100. Hort. 



Fruit Cat. no. 239. Noisette, Jard. Fr. vol. Hi. p. 114. 



t. 41 ; Manuel, p. 525. 



This variety is very often confounded with the 

 White Doyenne", already figured in this work. 

 All the names cited above are undoubted syno- 

 nyms ; and it is exceedingly probable that the 

 Doyenne galeux of Noisette's Manuel, page 526, 

 is also the same : no difference has been found 

 between fruit produced by a tree sent by him 

 to the Horticultural Society, and the old Gray 

 Doyenne*. 



We think that this is scarcely so good as the 

 White Doyenne", when that variety is taken at its 

 best ; but its period of perfection is so short that 

 the Gray Doyenne^ which will keep much longer, 

 and which also possesses much excellence of flavour, 

 may perhaps be considered the most useful. 



It is a very great bearer grafted upon the Quince; 

 and as it is very handsome, and ripens immediately 

 after the White Doyenne", no collection should be 

 without it. 



