368 THE FRUIT GARDEN 



COMTESSE DE PARIS. — Fertile ; fruit large, elongated ; stalk medium size, obliquely 

 inserted ; eye half-open, slightly depressed ; skin greenish tinged with red, speckled with 

 brown ; flesh very juicy and sweet ; December- January. 



Cur:6 (Belle de Berry). — Very fertile on Quince ; fruit very large, elongated ; stalk 

 thick ; eye large, level with surface of fruit ; skin clear, greenish yellow and brown red ; 

 flesh white, melting, perfumed ; good for cooking ; December-February. 



De Tongres (Beurr^ Durondeau). — Fertile ; fruit rather large, pyriform ; skin 

 tawny, tinted red, and speckled grey ; eye half-closed, in slight depression ; stalk short ; 

 ilesh whitish, rather acid, very juicy, perfumed ; October. 



Docteur Jules Guyot. — Fruit large or very large, pyriform ; stalk irregular ; skin 

 lemon yellow and pink ; flesh melting, juicy, sweet ; November. 



DoYENNi; d'Alen^on. — Very fertile ; fruit medium size, rounded oval, irregular ; 

 stalk short, thick, wiry ; eye small, half-closed ; skin yellowish red, speckled, and marbled 

 with brown and grey ; flesh white, juicy, sweet ; December-February. 



Doyenne d'Hiver (Bergamotte de Pentecote). — A very fertile pear ; fruit very 

 large, globular, irregular ; stalk short, thick, swollen; eye large, open; skin greenish yellow, 

 speckled and spotted brown ; flesh whitish, melting, a little granulous at the core, very 

 sweet, perfumed ; January to April. 



DoyenN]^ de Juillet. — Very fertile ; fruit small, spherical ; stalk thick, wiry, 

 swollen, in deep cavity ; eye small, half-closed, level with the surface of fruit ; skin 

 greenish yellow, carmined on the sunny %\6l^; flesh, melting, perfumed ; mid-July. 



DoYENNfi DORii (Doyenne Blanc, Doyennd St. Michel). — Very fertile ; fruit medium 

 size, rounded oval, irregular ; stalk short, thick, oblique ; eye small, half-closed ; skin, 

 whitish yellow, with brown spots, red and vermilion in the sun; flesh melting, juicy, 

 and sweet ; September-October. 



DOYENN^ DU CoMlCE. — Moderately fertile ; fruit large, regular, turbinate ; stalk 

 swollen and oblique, no cavity ; eye in a large irregular cavity ; skin straw yellow, 

 speckled, and marbled with brown, vermilion in the sun ; flesh white, melting, juicy, 

 very sweet ; November-December. 



DucHESSE D'ANGOULfeME. — Very fertile ; fruit very large, oval ; stalk short, thick ; 

 eye half-closed ; skin greenish yellow, sometimes pale pink in the sun ; flesh white, 

 melting, sweet, vinous. October to January. 



Epargne. — Very fertile; fruit medium size, elongated, cylindrical; stalk long, 

 swollen ; eye small, open, level with the surface of fruit ; skin clear yellowish green, 

 vermilion in the sun ; flesh white, with greenish veins, very juicy, rather acid ; end of July. 



Favorite de Clapp (Clapp's Favourite). — Fertile ; fruit large, oval ; stalk short ; 

 eye half-closed in a narrow and not very deep cavity ; skin greenish yellow tinged with 

 pale red, carmined and dotted with red in the sun ; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet; 

 August. 



FONDANTE DES BoiS (Beurr^ Spence). — Fertile ; y^iazV very large, oblong ; «y« half- 

 closed ; stalk swollen in deep cavity ; skin golden yellow and bright red in the sun ; end 

 of autumn. 



FONDANTE DU Panisel (D^lice d'Hardenpont, d' Angers). — Very fertile;/ra2/ rather 

 large, oval or round, very irregular; stalk short, thick; gy^ small, half-closed in cavity; 

 skin lemon yellow, dark red in the sun ; flesh medium size, melting, sweet, perfumed ; 

 November. 



Josephine de Malines. — Fertile ; fruit rather large, irregular or rounded ; stalk 

 short, thick ; skin lemon yellow, marked with red in the sun ; flesh melting, juicy, sugared, 

 perfumed ; November to February. 



La France. — Fertile ; fruit rather large, rounded conical, irregular ; stalk thick, 

 rather short in deep cavity ; eye half-open ; skin greyish, pale yellow, bronzy green in the 

 sun ; flesh white, melting, very juicy, very sweet, perfumed ; October and November. 



Le Lectier. — Fertile ; fruit large, elongated ; stalk short, no cavity ; eye large, half- 

 open, slightly sunken ; skin greenish, getting yellow as fruit matures ; fles:h white, melting, 

 juicy, sweet ; January. 



Louise Bonne d'Avranches (Louise Bonne). — Very productive ; /rwzV large, oval, 

 elongated ; stalk rather long, swollen, no cavity ; eye half-closed ; skin yellowish green 



