THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 359 
Deux Tétes. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:244. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict, Pom. 2:23, fig. 
1869. 
Zwibotzenbirne. 3. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 162. 1825. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 303. 
1889. 
One of the most ancient pears cultivated in France. Charles Estienne described it in 
1530 in his Seminarium, under the name Pyra Bicipitia or Poiré a Deux-Testes. It takes 
its name from its large and oval calyx being placed on two prominences. Fruit small to 
medium, globular, somewhat turbinate, pale yellowish-green in the shade, blushed on the 
side next the sun; flesh white, coarse, breaking, juicy, slightly perfumed, but often having 
an unpleasant acidity; an indifferent dessert fruit; Aug. 
Devergnies. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:57, fig. 1858. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:24, fig. 1869. 
Obtained from seed in 1817 in Hainaut by M. Devergnies of Mons. Fruit medium, 
turbinate-obtuse, much corrugated at summit, olive-green, nearly covered with gray-russet 
and slightly clouded with orange-red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine, 
melting, buttery; juice abundant, acidulous, sugary, aromatic; second; Nov. and Dec. 
Dewey. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1898. 2. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332: 480, fig. 160. 1913. 
An oriental pear, in form resembling Kieffer. Fruit medium, conical to globular-oval, 
rusty green with faint blush; skin rough; flesh white, juicy, coarse, gritty, fibrous; quality 
poor; Oct. 
Dhommée. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:25, fig. 1869. 
A seedling raised by the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr.; it first bore fruit 
in 1858. Fruit medium and often larger, long-ovate, bossed, one side always larger 
than the other, bright green, finely dotted and much mottled with russet; flesh white, firm, 
fine, melting, slightly gritty; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, devoid of perfume; second; 
Oct. to Dec. 
Dickerman. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 376. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 736. 1869. 
Dikeman. 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 700. 1897. 
Obtained by S. D. Pardee, New Haven, Conn. Fruit medium, globular-oblate, often 
irregular in outline, yellowish, bright cinnamon on the sunny side, covered with minute 
dots; flesh white, fine, melting, sugary, perfumed; first; Sept. 
Diego. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
Described by John Parkinson in 1629 as a small pear growing in clusters, excellent 
and musky in flavor. 
Dienstbotenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:200. 1856. 
Dutch, 1807. Fruit medium, pyriform, light greenish-yellow turning to bright yellow, 
with only an indistinct red blush, if any; flesh granular, aromatic and sweet; good; Oct. 
Dieudonné Anthoine. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:85, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:26, 
fig. 1869. 
Obtained by Dieudonné Anthoine at Ecaussines-d’Enghien, Bel., and bore fruit at 
Brussels in 1850. Fruit medium and above, globular, slightly turbinate, bossed, flattened 
at both ends, greenish-yellow, dotted with brown, mottled with russet, becoming at maturity 
a brilliant yellow, washed with vermilion on the side of the sun; flesh very white and very 
fine, breaking; juice sufficient, sweet, often astringent and only slightly perfumed; second; Oct. 
