880 



THE PEAK. 



"Wheeler. 



Originated in Greenwich, R. I. Tree vigorous, upright. Young 

 wood olive yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate. Skin greenish yellow, a few 

 traces and patches of russet, and numerous gray and green dots. 

 Stalk medium. Cavity small. Calyx open. Basin abrupt, uneven. 

 Flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant. Good. August. 



Whieldon. 



Whieldon's McLellan. 



McLellan. 



Originated in the garden of Wm. W. Whieldon, Concord, Mass. 

 The tree is moderately vigorous, and a profuse bearer. 



Fruit medium or above, obovate obtuse, slightly pyriform. Skin 

 pale yellowish green, with a tinge of red in the sun, numerous russet 

 nettings and dots. Stalk long, rather slender, a little inclined, set in a 

 shallow cavity. Calyx open. Segments a little recurved. Basin me- 

 dium, uneven. Flesh whitish, a little gritty near the core, juicy, melt- 

 ing, buttery, sweet, pleasant, slightly aromatic. Good to very good. 

 September. 



White Doyenne. 



Doyenne White. 



Virgalieu, of New York. 



St. Michael, of Boston. 



Butter Pear, of Philadelphia. 



Virgaloo. 



Bergoloo. 



Yellow Butter. 



White Beurre. 



White Autumn Beurre. 



Dean's. 



Warwick Bergamot. 

 Pine Pear. 

 St. Michel. 

 Keigner. 

 Doyenne. 

 Doyenne blanc. 

 Beurre blanc. 



Poire de Limon. 

 Valencia. 



Citron de Septembre. 



Bonne-ente. 



A courte queue. 



Kaiserbirne. 



Kaiser d'Automne. 



Weisse Herbst Butterbirne. 



Dechantsbirne. 



Nouvelle d'Ouef. 



Edwige. 



Carlisle. 



White or Autumn Butter. 

 Valentia or Valencia. 

 Poire du Doyen. 

 Garner or Gardner. 

 Sublime Garnotte. 



The White Doyenne is, unquestionably, one of the most perfect of 

 autumn Pears. Its universal popularity is attested by the great num- 

 ber of names by which it is known in various parts of the world. As 

 the Virgalieu in New York, Butter Pear in Philadelphia, and St. 

 Michael's in Boston, it is most commonly known ; but all these names, so 

 likely to create confusion, should be laid aside for the true one, White 

 Doyenne.* It is an old French variety, having been in cultivation over 

 two hundred years. The branches are strong, upright, yellowish gray or 

 light brown. 



Fruit of medium or large size, regularly formed, obovate. It varies 

 considerably in different soils, and is often shorter or longer on the same 



* Virgalieu seems an American name, and is always liable to be confounded 

 with the Virgouleuse, a very different fruit. The Doyenne (pronounced dwoy- 

 annay), literally deanship, is probably an allusion to the Dean by whom it was 

 first brought into notice. 



