Jolimont Precoce, Poire de Juillet.) Dessert, 

 mid July to August, small i| by ij, round, conical, 

 tapering to stem, even. Skin, thin, smooth. Colour 

 pale yellow with brownish-red flush. Flesh, melting, 

 very juicy, white, sweet. Eye, closed almost on surface. 

 Stem, i in., thick, inserted straight on level. Growth, 

 weak, upright spreading ; fertility excellent. Leaf, 

 pointed oval, small, flat, down hanging, very coarsely 

 serrate. Origin, raised by the Capucin Monks at Mons 

 about 1700. Hogg attributes this wrongly. The words 

 " par nous " used by Van Mons are by no means always 

 applied to his own seedlings. Beurre Diel, for example 

 is thus noted, meaning that it was named by him. 

 For its earliness and fertility it should be included in 

 every garden. It does well as a standard, but is apt 

 to die out on the Quince on light soils, and is not too 

 vigorous on the Pear. 



DOYENNE GEORGES BOUCHER. Rev. Hort., 

 1906, 496. Dessert, till March, large, 4 by 4|, round 

 pyriform, a little uneven. Skin, slightly rough. Colour, 

 palest yellow covered with grey brown russet. Flesh, 

 nearly white, very juicy, good flavour. Eye, nearly 

 closed in a narrow, rather deep basin. Stem, rather 

 short, woody and stout in a slight cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous, upright ; fertility good. Leaf, long oval, 

 much undulating, broadly serrate. Origin, raised by 

 M. Pinguet-Guindon, and first fruited in 1894. Dedicated 

 to M. Georges Boucher, the Parisian horticulturist. 

 This fruit has received the highest awards in France, 

 and is considered to be a late Cornice. I have not 

 grown it long enough to confirm this opinion. It should 

 be noted that this fruit turns yellow some time before 

 it is ripe. 



Doyenne d'Hiver : see Easter Beurre. 

 Doyenne* de Merode : see Doyenne Bussoch. 



Duchess : see Duchess d'Angouleme. 

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