436 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



DOYENNE DEFAIS (Def ays). —Fmit, about medium size, two 

 inches and a half wide and two inches and a half high ; roundish 

 obovate, or doyenne-shaped, bossed at the stalk end, and generally 

 larger and longer on one side of the axis than the other. Skin, yellow, 

 very much covered with cinnamon-coloured russet on the side next the 

 sun, and more thinly on the shaded side. Eye, rather large and wide 

 open, with long and broad segments, which are quite flat and reflexed, 

 and set in a shallow depression. Stalk, ?ibout an inch long, set in 

 a deep, wide, and furrowed cavity. Flesh, tender, buttery, melting, 

 and very juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous, with a fine musky aroma. 



A most delicious pear ; one of the best. Eipe in December. The 

 tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 



DOYENNE DOWNING.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three-quarters wide and two inches and a half high ; roundish, even, or 

 bergamot-shaped. Skin, with a dull greenish yellow ground, and con- 

 siderably mottled with large patches of brown russet. Eye, open, with 

 long wide-spreading segments, set in a round even basin. Stalk, short 

 and fleshy, inserted with scarcely any depression. Flesh, very white, 

 rather firm, half melting, not very juicy, and with a pleasant flavour of 

 anise. 



A good but not a high-class fruit ; ripe in the last week of Sep- 

 tember, and soon afterwards decays. 



It was found at Haute Perche, near Angers, in 1851, and was dedicated by 

 M. Andr6 Leroy to the memory of Mr. A. J. Downing, the American pomologist. 



Doyenn^ Esterekman. See Beurre Sterckmans. 



Doyenne d'Ete. See Summer Doyenne. 



Doyenne Galloux. See Red Doyenne. 



Doyenne Gris. See Red Doyenne. 



Doyenne Gris d'Hiver Nouveau. See Doyenne d'Alenqon. 



DOYENNE GOUBAULT.— Fruit, above medium size; obovate, 

 inclining to pyriform. Skin, pale yellow, with markings of russet 

 about the stalk and the eye, and covered with russety dots. Eye, 

 small, set in a rather deep nollow. Stalk, short and thick. Flesh, 

 melting, juicy, rich, sugary and aromatic. 



An excellent pear ; ripe m January. 



Doyenn6 d'Hiver d'AIen9on. See Doyenne d'Alenpon. 



Doyenne d'Hiver. See Easter Beurre. 



Doyenne d'Hiver Nouveau. See Doyenne d'Alenpon. 



Doyenne Jaune. See Red Doyenne. 



Doyenne de Juillet. See Summer Doyenne. 



Doyenne Marbre. See Doyenne d'Alenfon. 



Doyenne Musque. See Besi de Montijjny. 



