Origin, introduced to England from Mr. Stoeffels, of 

 Mechlin, about 1835. I have not been able to find it 

 in any foreign work. According to Thompson, the 

 Dutch name is Doppelte Krieges. This hardy and 

 excellent variety can be strongly recommended. It is 

 quite one of the best cooking pears we grow. 



Downham Seedling : see H aeons Incomparable. 

 Doyenne : see Doyenne Blanc. 



DOYENNE D'ALENCON. Her. Pom. II. 40. G. 

 Dechants Birne von Alencon. Dessert, December to 

 February, 3 by 3^, pyriform, very even. Skin, a little 

 rough. Colour, pale yellow with many russet dots and 

 patches, sometimes a little flushed. Flesh, white, 

 melting, juicy, very good flavour, with a little astrin- 

 gency. Eye, small, nearly closed in a wide, shallow 

 basin. Stem, I in., in a small cavity, often at an angle. 

 Growth, very slow ; fertility good. Leaf, long, oval, 

 down hanging, upfolded, crenate, turns pale yellow- 

 brown. Origin, generally considered to have been 

 discovered in a hedge by M. Thuillier of Alengon, and 

 introduced about 1839. There was, however, a pear of 

 the same name and season cited by Le Lectier in 1628. 

 A very valuable fruit, but a poor grower on hot soils. 

 It makes a large spreading tree, branches well spurred. 



DOYENNE BLANC. Lind. Pom. Brit. II., 60. 

 G. Weisse Herbst Butterbirne. (Doyenne, St. Michel, 

 Citron, White Doyenne*, etc., etc.) Dessert, September 

 to October, large, 3^ by 3f , round, tapering a little to 

 stem, even. Skin, smooth. Colour, pale green fading 

 to pale yellow, with a little cinammon russet. Flesh, 

 white, very melting, juicy, not gritty, of delicious 

 flavour. Eye, half open, tips of sepals reflexed, in a 

 moderately deep basin. Stem, short, very stout, in a 

 rather deep cavity. Growth rather spreading ; fertility 

 good. Leaf, narrow oval, lanceolate, upfolded, down 

 curved, regularly serrate. Origin, an old variety which 



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