1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



161 



SUMMER DOYENNE ; Doi/nme d'Me of Hogg : Doyenne de Juillel of Le Roy. ) 



For the home garden this pear is mosi desirable, not only for its good quality for dessert 

 purposes, but because it has no competitor in the last half of July. It should be gathered 

 before it is mellow to preserve its juiciness, for, if ripened on the tree, it becomes mealy and 

 insipid. Its very small size makes it undesirable in the commercial orchard, especially now that 

 we must compete with larger varieties from California, which ripen earlier in that climate 

 than thev do with us. 



Oeigik : Dr. Van Mons, Professor at Louvain, Belgium, about 1823, at which time he had 

 on his grounds about 2,000 seedlings of merit. 



Tbee : vigorous young shoots, light yellowish brown, of upright slender habit ; an early 

 and abundant bearer ; succeeds as dwarf or standard. 



Fruit: small, form roundish, obovate ; color green to lemon yellow with brownish red 

 cheek on the sunny side, and numerous grey dots ; stalk about an inch long, sometimes longer, 

 stout, attached in a very slight depression ; calyx email, half open, in a shallow plaited basin. 



Flesh ; white ; texture fine, tender, juicy ; flavor sweet and pleasant with slight aroma. 

 Quality : dessert very good ; too small for cooking. 

 Value ; too small for a market pear, except in limited quantities. 

 Season : July. 



Adaptation- : hardy in Southern Ontario ; fairly hardy in Bruce and Huron. 

 11 F.O. 



