362 THE PEAR. 



DELICES DE MONS. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, pyriform, uneven surface ; stem, half inch 

 long ; calyx, small ; skin, yellowish green in shade, russet in sun, dotted 

 and spotted with gray ; flesh, yellowish, melting, juicy, perfumed, " very 

 good. 'I September, October. (Hov. Mag.) 



DELICES CHARLES VAN MONS. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, medium pyriform ; skin, fine, lemon yellow, thinly 

 washed with russet, quite like the Golden Beurre, which it also resembles 

 in size and shape ; stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted without 

 depression ; calyx, small, open, and placed in a narrow and shallow basin ; 

 flesh, melting, vinous, juicy, and refreshing. Tested by us for the first 

 time, 20th September, 1853. Description by Thorp, Smith & Co., of 

 Syracuse. 



DlLLER. 



Probably a native of Pennsylvania ; new. Tree, moderately vigorous ; 

 wood, short-jointe^, 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; 



take first class position. It must not be confounded with the Dillen, a 

 foreign variety. 



DILLEN. 



Dillon, | Doyenne 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. (Hov. Mag ) 



DE SORLUS. 



Foreign. New. Tree, vigorous; branches, straight, erect, compact; 

 wood, yellowish, grayish, white dots, free bearer. Fruit large, turbinate ; 

 stem, one side, short, curved ; calyx, small, closed ; color, yellowish green, 

 gray russet, marbled most at stem ; flesh, white, melting, juicy. Octo- 

 ber, December. (Hov. Mag.) 



DOYENNE ROSE. 



Foreign. Fruit, above medium, oblong, ovate pyriform, yellow, blush 

 red cheek, patches and dots of russet ; stem, stout, set without depres- 

 sion ; calyx, with short, stiff segments ; core, small ; flesh, white, coarse, 

 juicy, "good." October. 



