THE PEAR. 881 



tree. Skin smooth, clear pale yellow, regularly sprinkled with small 

 dots, and often with a fine red cheek. Stalk brown, from three-fourths 

 to an inch and a fourth long, a little curved, and planted in a small 

 round cavity. Calyx always very small, closed, set in a shallow basin' 

 smooth or delicately plaited. Flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery' 



White Doyenne. 



melting, rich, high-flavored and delicious. Best. September— and, if 

 picked early from the tree, will often ripen gradually till December. 



The Doyenne Panache, or Striped Dean, is a variety rather more 

 narrowing to the stalk, the skin prettily striped with yellow, green, and 

 red, and dotted with brown. Flesh juicy, melting, but not high-flavor- 

 1 ed. October. 



"White's Seedling. 



Origin, New Haven, Conn. Tree a vigorous grower, very produc- 

 i tive. Young wood olive brown. 



Fruit medium, oblong ovate obovate. Skin yellow, sometimes with 

 a brownish blush in the sun, considerably netted and patched with rus- 

 set, and many russet dots. Stalk long, inclined, set in a shallow cavity, 

 often by a fleshy lip. Calyx open. Segments short, erect. Basin 

 small, uneven. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic. Good 

 to very good. October to February. 



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