364 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
An old French pear mentioned first by Merlet in 1675. Fruit medium to large, pyri- 
form-obtuse, bright yellow when ripe, washed with dark red on the side of the sun; flesh 
yellowish, semi-fine or coarse, breaking; juice deficient, sweet, no perfume; first for kitchen 
use; Jan. to Apr. 
Doppelttragende gelbe Muskatellerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:11. 1856. 
Originated in Thuringia, Ger., 1803. Fruit medium, conic, symmetrical, light green- 
ish-yellow; flesh breaking, soft, mild, tender, aromatic; good; Aug. 
Dérell Herbst Muskateller. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsitkunde 2:96. 1856. 2. Mas Pom. 
Gen. 6:1, fig. 385. 1880. 
Fruit nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, pale yellow sprinkled with very small, very 
numerous and regularly-spaced fawn dots usually free from any trace of russet; at maturity 
the yellow passes into clear lemon-yellow and on well-exposed fruits is washed with vermilion; 
flesh white, rather fine, breaking, dense, not juicy but sugary and perfumed; good for culi- 
nary purposes; winter. 
Dorothée Nouvelle. 1. Guide Prat.g2. 1876. 
Belgian; highly recommended. Fruit of first quality; Oct. Tree very fertile. 
Dorothée Royale Nouvelle. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:30, fig. 500. 1881. 
Fruit small, pyriform, green changing to pale yellow, some russet markings and 
speckled with grayish dots; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, sugary, delicious; good; Oct. and 
Nov. 
Dorr. 1. Cole Am. Fr. Book 154. 1849. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 421. 1859. 
Originated in New Hampshire. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, pale yellow, blushed 
with red; flesh rather coarse, deficient in juice, sweet, pleasant; cooking or eating; Aug. 
Dorschbirne. 1. Léschnig Mosibirnen 148, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, obtuse-turbinate, somewhat globular, green 
changing to yellow when ripe, dotted with yellow-brown and marked with cinnamon-russet, 
blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh tough, light yellow, very astringent, subacid and 
very juicy; Oct. 
Dosoris. 1. Horticulturist 22:88. 1867. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 100. 1869. 
Found in a field at Glen Cove, L. I., about 1866. Fruit full medium, obtuse-pyriform, 
when ripe a beautiful yellow with two-thirds bright scarlet; flesh sweet, juicy, agreeable, 
though deficient in flavor; beginning of Aug.; good but not first quality. 
Double d’Automne. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 49. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort.g:131. 1843. 
Fruit medium, Bergamot-shaped, entirely cinnamon-russet, through which a little 
green appears, with numerous small, gray specks; flesh white, breaking, rather gritty but 
mellow; juice saccharine. New in 1831 and considered promising but in 1843 was 
discarded by the London Horticultural Society. 
Double-Fleur. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:177. 1768. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:123, fig- 
254. 1879. 
Double Blossom. 3. Langley Pomona 132. 1729. 4. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 412, 
1831. 
Of ancient and unknown origin. Mentioned by Nicholas de Bonnefonds in 1651 in 
his first edition of the Jardinier Francais, by Merlet in 1675 and Claude Saint- 
