490 THE PEAR. 



basin broad and uneven. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melting, 

 with a rich, vinous flavour, perfumed. Ripe from the middle 

 of September to the middle of October. 



DiLLER. 



Tree of slow growth, young wood yellow, sometimes can- 

 kers. 



Fruit below medium, nearly globular. Skin yellowish, 

 sprinkled with russet. Stalk long, inserted in a very slight 

 cavnty, by a fleshy ring. Calyx closed, set in a rather broad, 

 shallow basin. Flesh whitish, coarse, and granular, juicy, but- 

 tery, melting, with a very sweet, perfumed flavour. Ripe last 

 of August and first of September. 



Dow. 



Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Tree upright, 

 vigorous, productive. 



Fruit rather above medium, obovate, acutely pyriform, some- 

 times turbinate. Skin rough, yellowish green, sprinkled with 

 russet dots, and a few small patches of russet. Stalk long, 

 inserted at an inclination in a very slight cavity. Calyx large, 

 open, set in a very small basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, 

 melting, with a good vinous flavour, sometimes slightly astrin- 

 gent. September, October. 



Doyenne Robin of Langelier. 



Beurre Robin. 



Tree vigorous, yellowish-brown shoots. Fruit medium, round- 

 ish, very much depressed at top and bottom ; angular and 

 irregular. Skin greenish yellow, thickly sprinkled with • russet 

 and grey dots. Stalk, long, stout, inserted in a broad deep 

 cavity. Calyx closed, set in a wide, open, irregular basin. 

 Flesh whitish, rather coarse, juicy, melting, somewhat granular, 

 with a rather rich vinous perfumed flavour. September. 



Doyen Dillen. Van Mons. 



Deacon Dillen. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit rather large, oblong, 

 pyriform, or oblongated conic. Skin fine yellow, inclining to 

 russet, thickly sprinkled with russet specks. ' Stalk short, thick, 

 and fleshy, strongly fixed without any depression. Calyx small, 

 rarely open, basin of moderate depth. Flesh juicy, buttery, 

 sweet and rich. October, November. 



