180 PEAKS. 



smooth, of a pale yellow colour, strewed with small 

 russety dots. Eye large and open, set in a shallow cite- 

 pression. Stalk long and slender, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh white, very juicy and melting, sweet and 

 pleasantly flavoured. An early pear, ripe iu August. 



Delbert. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 



Delfosse Bourgmestre. See Beurre Delfosse. 



DELICES D'HABDENPONT. Fruit above medium size, 

 obtuse-pyriform, irregular and uneven in its outline. 

 Skin smooth, bright lemon-yellow when ripe, thickly 

 covered with pale brown russet. Eye small and open, 

 set in an uneven and considerable depression. Stalk an 

 inch long, thick and fleshy. Flesh white, tender, buttery, 

 and melting, rich, sugary, and perfumed. A good pear, 

 ripe in November. 



DELICES D'HAEDENPONT D'ANGEES. Fruit medium 

 sized, roundish-obovate. Skin pale yellow, with a tinge 

 of clear red next the sun, strewed with russety dots and 

 patches of russet. Eye small and open. Stalk short and 

 thick, obliquely inserted in a small cavity, and fleshy at 

 the base. Flesh white, rather coarse-grained, juicy, 

 ugary, and agreeably perfumed. Bipe in November. 



DELICES DE JODOIGNE. Fruit medium sized, pyri- 

 form. Skin thin, pale yellow, marked with flakes and 

 dots of pale brown russet. Eye open. Stalk short, very 

 thick and fleshy. Flesh half-melting, sweet, sugary, 

 and aromatic. Bipe in the beginning and middle of 

 October. 



Deschamps. See Beurre d'Aremlerg. 



Desiree Van Mons. See Fondante de Charneux. 



DEUX SCRUBS. Fruit large, oblong, and ribbed. Skin 

 green, changing to yellowish-green, and strewed with 

 dark dots. Stalk an inch long, curved. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, buttery, melting, very juicy and sugary. Bipe 

 in November. 



Diamant. See Gansel's JBerffamot. 



Dingier. See Comte de Lamy. 



Dix. Fruit very large, Calebasse shaped. Skin deep 

 yellow, covered all over with rough russet dots and mark- 

 ings of russet. Eye small, set in a wide, shallow de- 

 pression. Stalk upwards of an inch in length, stout, a^d 



