432 THE PBUIT MANUAL. 



DEUX TETES {Double Calyce; Deux Yeux). — Fruit, medium size ; 

 roundisli, somewhat turbinate. Skin, pale yellowish green on the 

 shaded side, washed with red on the side next the sun. Eye, large 

 and oval, placed on two small prominences, appearing as if dividing it 

 in two, hence the name of Deux Tetes. Stalk, an inch long, often fleshy 

 at the insertion, and obliquely inserted under a fleshy enlargement of 

 the fruit. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, and slightly perfumed. 



A dessert fruit ; ripe in August. More curious than useful. This 

 seems to be an old variety, being mentioned by Parkinson. 



De Trois Tours. See Beurre Diel. 



Deux Yeux. See Double Tetes. 



Diamant. See OaiweVs Bergamot. 



Dingier. See Comte de Lamy. 



DEC. — Fruit, very large ; Calebasse-shaped. Skin, deep yellow, 

 covered all over with rough russet dots and markings of russet. Eye, 

 small, set in a wide shallow depression. Stalk, upwards of an inch in 

 kngth, stout, and inserted without depression. Flesh, rather coarse- 

 grained, juicy, sweet, and slightly perfumed. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in November. 



DE. ANDBY. — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three-quarters 

 wide and the same in height ; roundish turbinate or bergamot-shaped. 

 Skin, clear bright yellow, strewed with patches and dots of fawn- 

 coloured russet, especially about the stalk and the eye. Eye, half open, 

 set in a wide, shallow depression. Stalk, short and stout, placed in a 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, melting, very juicy, somewhat gritty, sweet, and 

 with a musky perfume. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November. The tree is a great bearer, 

 succeeds well either on the pear or the quince, and forms handsome 

 pyramids. 



Raised by M. Boisbunel, of Rouen, and named in honour of Dr. Andry, Presi- 

 dent of the Horticultural Society of Paris. 



Dr. Bretonneau. See Beurre Bretonneau. 



DE. OAPEON. — Fruit, about medium size, two inches wide and 

 three inches high ; pyramidal, narrowing both towards the eye and,the 

 stalk, even and regular in outline. Skin, of an uniform deep yellow, 

 dotted and veined over its whole surface with pale brown russet. Eye, 

 small and open, set even with the margin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 woody, inserted without depression by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, 

 yellow, melting, juicy, sweet, and of good flavour. 



Ripe in November, when it rots at the core. 



DR. LENTIER. — Fruit, medium sized, three inches long and two 

 inches and a half wide ; obovate, narrowing towards the eye, where it 

 is flattened. Skin, smooth, pale lemon-coloured, splashed with cinna- 



