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SUMMER DOYENNE (Doyenne d'Ete of Hogg; Doyenne de Juillet o/ Le Roy). 



For the home garden this pear is most desirable not only for its good quality for 

 dessert purposes, but because it has no competitor in the last half of July. It should be 

 gathered before it is mellow to preserve its juciness, for, if ripened on the tree, it becomes 

 mealy and insipid. Its very small size makes it undesirable in the commercial orchard, 

 especially now that we must compete with larger varieties from California, which ripen 

 earlier in that climate than they do with us. 



OBIQIN: Dr. Van Mons, Professor at Louvain, Belgium, about 1823, at which time 

 he had on his grounds about 2,000 seedlings of merit. 



TBEE: vigorous young shoots, light yellowish brown, of upright slender habit; an 

 early and abundant bearer; succeeds as dwarf or standard. 



SUMMER DOYENNE. 



FRUIT: small; form roundish, obovate; color green to lemon yellow with brownish 

 red cheek on the sunny side, and numerous grey dots; stalk about an inch long, some- 

 times longer, stout, attached in a very slight depression; calyx small, half open, in a 

 shallow plaited basin. 



FLESH: white; texture fine, tender, juicy; flavor sweet and pleasant with slight 

 aroma. 



QUALITY: dessert very good; too small for cooking. 



VALUE: too small for a market pear, except in limited quantities. 



SEASON: July. 



ADAPTATION: hardy in Southern Ontario; fairly hardy in Bruce and Huron. 



