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THE PEAR. 
warm cheek. Stalk rather short and stout, inserted in a 
round cavity. Calyx open, basin shallows Flesh buttery, juicy, 
melting, sweet, aromatic, and excellent. September and October 
Doyenne d’ete. Nois. Bon. Jard. 
Summer Doyenne. Doyenne de Juillet. 
Duchess de Berry d’ete of Bivort. 
Tree very vigorous, upright, an early and profuse bearer 
Fruit small, roundish, obovate, slightly turbinate. Skin smooth, 
fine, yellow, often shaded with bright red, and covered with 
numerous grey or russet dots. Stalk rather short and thick, 
fleshy at its junction, with the fruit, almost without depression. 
Calyx small, and open in a very shallow, slightly corrugated 
basin. Flesh white, melting, juicy, with a sweet pleasant flavour. 
A very good early pear, ripening about the same time, or a 
little later than Madeline. Last of July. 
Doyenne d’Alen^on. 
Doyenne d’Hiver d’Alengion. Prevoosi 
Doyenne Gris d’Hiver Nouveau. 
Doyenne Marbre. Cat. H. A. 
Doyenne d’Hiver Nouveau. Bivort. 
St. Michael d’Hiver. 
Doyenne d'Hiver d Alencon 
