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THE PEAR. 



Doyenne Defais. 



Doyenne Defais. 



Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, trun 

 cate, conic, or very obtuse-pyriform. Skin waxen yellow, with 

 a bright crimson cheek. Stalk rather long, curved, inserted in 

 a deep, abi-upt, uneven cavity. Calyx open, segments persistent, 

 basin large and open. Flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting. 

 Flavour sweet, rich, and delightfully perfumed. October, No- 

 vember. 



Doyenne Downing. Leroy. 



Raised by Andre Leroy, and dedicated to the late A. J. Down- 

 ing. Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform, 

 inclining to turbinate, skin greenish-yellow, sprinkled and netted 

 with russet, very slightly shaded with crimson, and thickly cov- 

 ered with russet dots. Flesh fine, buttery, juicy, melting, with a 

 sweet, vinous, rich, perfumed flavour, somewhat aromatic. Oct. 



