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THE PEAR, 
Doyenne Defais. 
Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, trun 
cate, conic, or very obtuse-pyriform. Skin waxen yellow, witli 
a bright crimson cheek. Stalk rather long, curved, inserted in 
a deep, abrupt, uneven cavity. Calyx open, segments persistent, 
basin large and open. Flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting. 
Flavour sweet, rich, and delightfully perfumed. October, No- 
vember. 
Doyenne Downing. Leroy. 
Raised by Andre Leroy, and dedicated to the late A. J. Down- 
ing. Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform, 
inclining to turbinate, skin greenish-yellow, sprinkled and netted 
with russet, very slightly shaded with crimson, and thickly cov- 
ered with russet dots. Flesh fine, buttery, juicy, melting, with a 
sweet, vinous, rich, perfumed flavour, somewhat aromatic. Oct. 
