370 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Drone. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 3. 1807. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 1:25. 1831. 
Fruit middle sized, globular, light green dotted with darker shade of same color; flesh 
white, breaking, full of sweet, musky juice; Aug. 
DuBreuil Pére. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:161, fig. 79. 1866-73. 
Alphonse Du Breuil obtained this variety from seeds of Louise Bonne de Jersey 
sown in 1840. Fruit medium, nearly a true sphere, slightly depressed at the two poles, 
lemon-yellow, much russeted and at maturity mottled with blood-red on the side next the 
sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy; first; Sept. 
Du Mirror. 1. Baltet Trait. Cult. Fr. 372. 1908. 
A first-class French perry pear, grown in the Haute-Savoie, yielding from 800 to 1000 
litres of perry per tree; the beverage is clear, very sweet, rather sparkling, and becomes 
stronger with age. 
Du Roeulx. 1. Guide Prat.92. 1895. 
Tree hardy. Fruit medium, pyriform, short, yellow, mottled with fawn; flesh yellow- 
ish, very melting, juicy and sugary, with an exquisite aroma; first; Sept. 
Dubrulle. 1. Guide Prat. 93, 267. 1876. 
Fruit rather large, globular, yellowish-green and gray mottled with fawn; flesh melt- 
ing, very juicy, sugary, highly perfumed and of a luscious flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Duc Alfred de Croy. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:163, fig. 370. 1880. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 
567. 1884. 
Propagated and disseminated by M. de Jonghe, Brussels. Fruit large, obtuse-pyri- 
form, regular and handsome, smooth, yellowish-green, washed with pale brown on side 
next the sun; flesh white, tinted with green, not very juicy, but buttery, rich and with a 
fine spicy flavor and perfume; excellent; Nov. 
Duc d’Aumale. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:91, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 1884. 
A product of the Van Mons nursery at Louvain where it first fruited in 1847. Fruit 
small, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough, greenish-yellow mottled all over with cin- 
namon-colored russet: flesh whitish, melting and juicy, sugary, acidulous, perfumed; first; 
Sept. and Oct. 
Duc de Brabant. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:92, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:27, fig. 494. 
1881. 
Sent by Van Mons as No. 45 to Simon Bouvier in Jodoigne, Bel., in 1827. Fruit 
medium, pyriform-obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted with russet, marbled with fawn, some- 
times washed with red on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, semi-breaking; juice 
sufficient, sugary, acidulous; good; sometimes second; Oct. 
Duc de Morny. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:95, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 1884. 
Raised by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, and first published in 1862. Fruit large, long-obtuse- 
pyriform, bossed, green, mottled and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, tender, melting, 
very juicy, too acid, little sugar or perfume; second; Nov. to Jan. 
Duc de Nemours. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:96, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 
1884. 
Raised by Van Mons at Louvain in 1825. Fruit large and handsome, obovate, narrow- 
ing abruptly, bright greenish or lemon-yellow, even-dotted with russet and gray specks, 
