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delphia and St. Michel's inBoston, it is most commonly known, 

 but all these names, so likely to create confusion, should be laid 

 aside for the true one, White Doyenne.* It is an old French va- 

 riety. The branches are strong, upright, yellowish-gray or light 

 brown. 



Fruit of medium or large size, regularly formed, obovate. It 

 varies considerably in different soils, and is often shorter or 

 longer on the same tree. Skin smooth, clear, pale yellow, regu- 

 larly sprinkled with small dots, and often with a fine red cheek. 

 Stalk brown, from three-fourths to an inch and a fourth long, a 

 little curved, and planted in a small, round cavity. Calyx al- 

 ways very small, closed, set in a shallow basin, smooth or deli- 

 cately plaited. Flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery, melt- 

 ing, rich, high-flavoured, and delicious. September, and, if 

 picked early from the tree, will often ripen gradually till 

 December. 



The DOYENNE PANACHE, or Striped Dean, is a variety rather 

 more narrowing to the stalk, the skin prettily striped with yel- 

 low, green, and red, and dotted with brown. Flesh juicy, melt- 

 ing, but not high flavoured. October. 



DOYENNE, GRAY. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



Gray Butter Pear. Doyenne" Gris. Duh. 



Gray Deans. Doyenne Rouge. 



Gray Doyenne. Doyenne Roux. Nois Poii. 



Red DoyennS. Doyenne 1 d'Automne. 



St. Michel Dore. Red Beurre. ) incorrectly 



Doyenne Galeux. Beurre Rouge. J of some. 



DoyennS Boussouck, (of some.) 



The Gray Doyenne strongly resembles the White Doyenne 

 in flavour and general appearance, except that its skin is covered 

 all over with a fine, lively cinnamon russet. It is a beau- 

 tiful pear, usually keeps a little longer, and is considered by 

 many rather the finer of the two. Shoots upright, grayish- 

 brown. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, but usually a little rounder than 

 the White Doyenne". Skin wholly covered with smooth cinna- 

 mon russet, (rarely a little ruddy next the sun.) Stalk half, to 

 three-fourths of an inch long, curved, set in a narrow, rather 

 deep and abrupt cavity. Calyx small, closed, and placed in a 

 smooth, shallow basin. Flesh white, fine grained, very buttery, 

 melting, rich, and delicious. Middle of October, and will keep 

 many weeks. 



* Virgalieu seems an American name, and is always liable to be con- 

 founded with the Yirgouleuse, a very different fruit. The Doyenne 1 , (pro- 

 nounced dwoy-annay,) literally dearuship, is probably an allusion to the 

 Dean, by whom it was first brought into notice. 



