232 Account of the Red Doyenne Pear. 



bend inward so as nearly to meet ; colour always red when 

 ripe, on the side exposed to the light. It ripens from the end 

 of October to the end of November, continuing in perfection 

 from a fortnight to three weeks : the flesh is pale coloured, 

 melting, and, though not very juicy, agreeably perfumed 

 with a muscat flavour. 



Being a great bearer, even in unfavourable seasons, it is a 

 valuable variety to plant in the corner of cottage gardens, and 

 in those of our lesser tenantry, who, by carrying its produce 

 to market, will, in this way, be assisted in paying their rents ; 

 and, having seen it ripen well in one of the coldest parts of 

 Yorkshire, not far from the mountains which separate that 

 county from Lancashire, I have no hesitation in recommend- 

 ing it to our fellow labourers in Horticulture at Edinburgh. 

 The only tree known to me near London, is in the garden of 

 Thomas Wheeler, Esq. Gloucester Place, New Road, who 

 accidentally tasting the fruit, purchased the tree itself of a 

 cottager. The figure annexed was drawn from a branch 

 taken from this tree last November. 



