228 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Fruit ripe December to January; large, 44 in. long, 3 in. wide, oblong-pyriform, with 
a long, tapering neck, with unequal sides; stem 1§ in. long, slender, curved; cavity lacking, 
with stem obliquely set without a depression and often with a fleshy fold around the base 
in the form of a lip; calyx large, open; lobes long, unusually broad, obtusely pointed; basin 
very shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth, symmetrical; skin thick, tough, smooth, dull; color 
pale yellow, often with a faint trace of a brownish-red blush over the exposed cheek, marked 
with light russet around the calyx, and occasionally with russet flecks scattered over the 
surface; dots numerous, small, conspicuous, brownish-russet; flesh white, granular only 
near the center, tender and melting, juicy, somewhat astringent or with a sprightly muski- 
ness, with no pleasant aroma; quality inferior for dessert but good for cooking. Core small, 
closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; carpels 
long-oval; seeds large, long, not very plump, often abortive. 
WHITE DOYENNE 
1. Pom. Mag. 2:60, Pl. 1829. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 385. 1831. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 1:43. 
1831. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 378, fig. 162. 1845. 5. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr. 51. 1848. 6. Hovey 
Fr. Am, 2:85, Pl. 1851. 7. Horticulturist N. S. 4:158, Pl. 1854. 8. Ibid. N. S. 6:406. 1856. 
9. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 880, fig. 1869. 10. Hogg Fruit Man. 663. 1884. 
Warwicke. 11. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
Doyenné. 12. Langley Pomona 132. 1729. 13. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:205, Pl. XLIII. 1768. 
14. Miller Gard. Dict. 2: Pt. 1. 1807. 15. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 2: Pl. 49. 1817. 16. Brookshaw 
Hort. Reposit. 2:175, Pl. 92. 1823. 17. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:52, fig. 1869. 18. Rev. Hort. 51. 1898. 
Virgalieu. 19. Prince Cat. 1771. 
White Beurré. 20. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Gard. Bot. 1778. 
Weisse Herbst Butterbirne. 21. Christ Handb. 511. 1817. 22. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 100. 1825. 23. 
Dochnahl Fihr. Obstkunde 2:84. 1856. 24. Lauche Deut. Pom. Il: No. 16, Pl. 16. 1882. 25. Mathieu 
Nom. Pom. 296. 1889. 
Saint-Michael. 26. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 191, fig. 38. 1817. 
Doyenné Blanc. 27. Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. 5:135. 1824. 28. Kenrick Am. Orch. 121. 1841. 
29. Pom. France 1: No. 74, Pl. 74. 1863. 30. Mas Le Verger 3: Pt. 2, 19, fig. 106. 1866-73. 31. Guide 
Prat. 63, 264. 1876. 32. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 236, fig. 1906. 
Thorp. 33. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 553. 1857. 34. Mag. Hort. 24:516. 1858. 
Bonne-Ente. 35. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:532. 1860. 
This ancient and world-renowned pear, its fruits the most delectable 
of any that come from a pear orchard, is now rarely planted in America. 
It is being discarded because the small and comparatively unattractive 
fruits fail to satisfy commercial demands. In the middle of the last 
century, when there was almost a mania for the best of the European 
pears, when fruits were judged by the palate rather than the eye as now, 
White Doyenné was one of the most commonly planted varieties. Proof 
of its popularity at home and abroad is found in the great number of names 
under which it has been grown. A more serious fault than small and 
unattractive pears is that the fruits and foliage are inviting prey to the 
scab-fungus, which often cracks and scabs the pears and defoliates the 
