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Tree medium in size and vigor, spreading, moderately productive; trunk slender, 
shaggy; branches medium in thickness and smoothness, reddish-brown partly overspread 
with thin gray scarf-skin, with few indistinct lenticels; branchlets short, with short inter- 
nodes, light brownish-red mingled with green and partly covered with thin, gray scarf- 
skin, dull, smooth, glabrous, with conspicuous, raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds long, narrow, sharply pointed, plump, free. Leaves 3 in. long, 13 in. wide; 
apex taper-pointed; margin tipped with small, brownish glands, coarsely serrate; petiole 
2 in. long, glabrous, reddish-green. Flower-buds long, conical, sharply pointed, free, 
singly on numerous short spurs; flowers showy, 1# in. across, in dense clusters, average 
4 buds in a cluster, the petals widely separated at the base; pedicels 7 in. long, slender, 
lightly pubescent. - 
Fruit matures in late September and October; medium in size, 23 in. long, 2} in. wide, 
obovate-acute-pyriform, symmetrical; stem 1 in. long, thick; cavity lacking, the flesh 
drawn up in a symmetrical fold about the stem; calyx small, open; lobes separated at the 
base, narrow, acute; basin very shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth or slightly wrinkled; 
skin thin, tender, smooth; color yellow overlaid with a red blush, faintly mottled with 
golden russet; dots numerous, whitish or russet, conspicuous; flesh tinged with yellow, 
firm, granular, crisp, juicy, subacid; quality good. Core small, closed, axile, with meeting 
core-lines; calyx-tube short, conical; seeds long, plump, acute. 
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU 
1. Leroy Dict. Pom, 2:114, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 146, fig. 1876. 
3. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 118. 1881. 
Duhamel’s Butterbirne. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 207. 1889. 
Duhamel. 5. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort, Man, 2:241. 1903. 
The unattractive little fruits of this pear would have small value were 
it not for the fact that they are delicious in quality and come into edible 
condition late. The fruits are of the type of those of Winter Nelis, differing 
in shape somewhat, but are even better in quality and keep longer. The 
fruits are further distinguished by a musky taste and perfume, which make 
them especially agreeable to those who like rich, sweet, perfumed pears. 
The trees, while in no characters remarkable, are better than most of their 
orchard associates, and far superior to the unmanageable trees of Winter 
Nelis with which this variety must compete. After a probationary period 
of a half century in America, Duhamel du Monceau has not found favor 
with commercial orchardists, but pear fanciers value it for its delectable 
late-keeping fruits. Nurserymen find the trees rather difficult to grow. 
Duhamel du Monceau was obtained from seed by André Leroy, the 
eminent author and pomologist at Angers, France. In naming the variety, 
M. Leroy said that his purpose was to do honor to the memory of the illus- 
trious professor who filled an important place in pomology, and who, in 
