THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 363 
American Pomological Society in 1867. Fruit medium, globular, green with dull red 
cheek; flesh juicy, vinous and refreshing. 
Doctor Engelbrecht. 1. Lauche Deut. Pom. 11:No. 70, Pl. 70. 1882. 
German. Fruit rather large, pyriform-elongated, nearly smooth, shining, green, 
clouded with greenish-yellow; flesh yellowish-white, fine, softish, melting, sweet, vinous, 
with an agreeable cinnamon flavor. 
Doctor Hogg Bergamot. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 562. 1884. 
Raised by T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Eng., from seed of Gansel Late Bergamot; 
received a first-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1878. Fruit 
produced in great clusters, small, size of Seckel, obovate, even in outline, grass-green, with 
a dull brownish cheek, changing to deep yellow and bright red cheek with an orange glow; 
flesh melting, remarkably sweet like honey, with a brisk acidulous flavor and perfume 
of lemon; one of the richest flavored pears; Sept. 
Doctor Hoskins. 1. Rural N. Y. 44:201, 203, figs. 120, 121. 1885. 
According to correspondence with J. T. Macomber of Adams, Vt., this variety is a 
seedling of Flemish Beauty. It is said to be medium to above in size, roundish-obtuse, 
pyriform, pale yellow, red on the sunny side and ‘‘ very good ” in quality. 
Doctor Howe. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 146. 1876. 
Originated in garden of Dr. John T. Howe, Birmingham, Conn., about 1890. Fruit 
medium, globular, inclining to pyriform, somewhat obtuse, greenish changing to light 
yellow, netted and patched with russet dots; flesh whitish, semi-fine, juicy, melting, sweet, 
rich, slightly-vinous flavor; promising in 1890; Oct. 
Doctor Turner. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 210, 1862. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 740. 
1869. 
A pear of Connecticut origin. Tree of good growth, moderately spreading, rather an 
early and regular although not an over-abundant bearer; young wood a dark olive-brown. 
Fruit large, oblong-pyriform, with blunt neck; skin pale yellow, sometimes with a slight 
‘blush and thickly sprinkled with green and brown dots, a few traces of russet; stalk long, 
‘curved, set in a slight depression by a ring or lip; calyx closed; basin rather small; flesh 
white, juicy, half melting, slightly vinous, somewhat astringent; good; Aug. 
Dodge. 1. Cornell Sia. Bul. 332:480, fig. 161. 1913. 
A hybrid-oriental variety. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform, narrowing rapidly to 
the stem, greenish-yellow, profusely dotted; skin thin but tough, russeted near stem; 
‘flesh white, juicy, melting, tender, free from grit; fair; Oct. 
Doktorsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:61. 1856. 
German, from the Rhine country, 1833. Fruit large, pyriform, smooth, light-yellow 
‘without russet, slightly blushed on side next the sun; flesh agreeable, sweet; good; Oct. 
Donatienne Bureau. 1. Guide Prat.g1. 1895. 
On trial in 1895 at Simon Louis’s grounds at Metz, Lorraine. Fruit large, ovate-long, 
bright yellow stained with brown; flesh fine; first. 
‘Dones. 1. Guide Prat. 92. 1876. 
Fruit small; flesh melting, juicy; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Donville. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:42, fig. 1869. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 204. 18809. 
