PEARS. 481 



a half long and over two inches wide ; doyenne shaped. Skin, entirely 

 covered with reddish brown russet on the side next the sun, and on the 

 shaded side it is dotted all over with brown russet dots, which expose 

 the yellow ground. Eye, small and open, with short segments, and set 

 in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch long, slender and woody, in- 

 serted in a small round hole. Flesh, yellow, half-melting, juicy, rich, 

 and sugary, but somewhat gritty. 



Ripe in the end of October and beginning of November. 



This is by some pomologists made synonymous with Jnles Bivort, which was 

 ■first made known by M. Bivort ; but Delices de Lovenjoul is in Van Mens' catalogue 

 of 1823, 3rd series, as No. 521. 



Depot de Syllery. See Cassolette. 



De Maune. See Colmar. 



De Pezenas. See Duchesse d'AngoulSme. 



Deschamps. See Beurre d'Aremberg. 



Desiree Van Mons. See Fondante de Charneu. 



DESIRE CORNELIS.— Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two inches and three-quarters wide ; oblong oval, even and 

 regularly formed. Skin, smooth, at first of a fine grass-green colour, 

 thickly covered with brown dots, and as it ripens the ground colour 

 becomes greenish yellow, thickly covered with cinnamon-coloured dots, 

 and with a large patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, large and 

 irregular, partially closed, and with stout, coarse, irregular segments, 

 placed in a shallow basin, which is plaited or undulating round the 

 margin. Stalk, long, stout, and fleshy, inserted on the end of the fruit 

 without depression. Flesh, yellovfish white, very tender, buttery, 

 melting, and very juicy, rich, vinous, and with a flavour equal to that 

 of Marie Louise. 



A delicious summer dessert pear ; ripe in the end of August and 

 beginning of September. It is ripe at the same time as Williams' Bon 

 Chretien, to which it is a great rival where the musky flavour of that 

 variety is not appreciated. 



DEUX SCEURS. — ^Fruit, large, three inches and a half long and two 

 inches and a half wide ; oblong, ribbed and undulating in its outline. 

 Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, sometimes entirely covered with a very 

 thiij crust of pale brown russet, but always more or less mottled and 

 dotted with russet. Eye, small and open, set in a very narrow and 

 shallow depression. Stalk, half an inch to three-quarters long, inserted 

 obliquely in a narrow cavity by the side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, 

 white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, with a sweet, sprightly juice, 

 and rich flavour, not unlike Marie Louise, but quite distinct from it. 



A remarkably fine pear ; ripe in the end of October. The tree is a 

 good bearer, a vigorous grower, and forms excellent pyramids either 

 on the pear or the quince. 



The original tree sprang up in the gardens of two sisters, the Misses Knoop, at 

 Malines, and hence the name of Deux Soeurs. 



