434 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



Dorothee Eoyale. See Beurre Diel. 

 Double Calyce. See Deux Tetes. 



DOUBLE FLEUR {Double Blossom).— Fxnii, above medium size ; 

 round and flattened. Skin, smooth, green, becoming yellow at matu- 

 rity, reddish brown next the sun and strewed with small dots and 

 markings of russet. Eye, small, set in a wide and shallow basin. 

 Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, set in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 crisp and juicy. 



An excellent culinary pear ; ripe from January to April. The tree is 

 very vigorous and hardy, succeeds as a standard either on the pear or 

 quince, and is a good bearer. 



Double Philippe. See Doyenne Boussoch. 

 Downham Seedling. See Hacon's Incomparable. 



DOWNTON. — -Fruit, medium sized, three inches long and two and 

 a half wide ; oval, somewhat bossed in its outUne. Skin, with greenish 

 yellow ground, very much covered with patches and veins of dark and 

 pale brown russet, particularly on the side next the sun, where it is 

 completely covered and assumes a reddish brown tinge ; in some parts 

 the russet is quite smooth and in others rough. Eye, open, with erect 

 segments set level with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, woody, inserted between two lips. Flesh, yellowish, not quite 

 melting but tender, with an agreeable acidulous flavour which pre- 

 dominates over both sweetness and aroma. 



An excellent pear; ripe in December. The tree is a vigorous grower 

 on the pear and makes fine standards and pyramids, but it is a weak 

 grower on the quince. 



It was raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, President of the Horticultural Society of 

 London, and was named after Downton Castle, his residence in Herefordshire. 



DOYEN DILLEN. — Fruit, above medium size ; pyramidal or pyri- 

 form. Skin, yellow, very much covered with dots and patches of 

 russet. Eye, small, half open, and set in a slight depression. Stalk, 

 short, thick, and fleshy, inserted without depression. Flesh, buttery 

 and melting, very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November. 



DOYENNE D'ALENCON (Doyenne d'Hiver d'Alen^on; Doyenne 

 d'Hiver Nouveau; Doyenne Marbre ; St. Michel d'Hiver; Doyenne 

 Oris d'Hiver Nouveau). — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters long and two inches and a half wide ; oval, narrowing with 

 an abrupt concave curve towards the eye, so as to form a sort of 

 snout of the apex. Skin, pea-green or greenish yellow when ripe, 

 thickly dotted all over with large dots, which are sometimes grey and 

 sometimes green, not unlike the colouring of Easter Beurre. Eye, 

 small and open with short ovate segments, which are incurved and 

 set in a narrow depression. Stalk, very short and generally stout. 



