PLATE LXII. 
5. RED DOYENNE. 
[Syn: Doyenne Rouge; Doyenne Roux ; Doyenne Gris; Doyennd Jaime; Doyenne d 5 Automne ; 
Doyennd Crottd; Doyennd Galleux; Neige Grise; St. Michel Done; St. Michel Gris; Grey 
DoyenndJ 
This variety is thought to have first emanated from the garden of the Chartreux at Paris, 
about the middle of the last century (c. 1750). Some suppose, however, that it has been for some 
two centuries in England. Mr. R. A. Salisbury in the Transactions of the London Horticultural 
Society (Vol. 1, p. 230), mentions a tree taken down at Shawhill, near Halifax, in 1779, with eighty 
annual rings of wood. He thinks this pear is mentioned by Worlidge in 1676. A coloured figure 
is given in the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, (Vol. I., Plate xiii., and also in 
Vol. V., Plate ii., figure 1.) It is also figured by Lindley in the Pomological Magazine , Plate lxxiv. 
Description. —Fruit: medium sized, obovate, very much resembling in shape the White 
Doyennd. Skin : yellowish green, but entirely covered with thin cinnamon-coloured russet, so that 
none of the ground colour is visible, and sometimes it has a tinge of brownish red next the sun. 
Eye : small and closed, set in a shallow depression. Stalk : three quarters of an inch long, curved 
and inserted in a narrow rather deep cavity. Flesh : white, tender, melting and buttery, of a 
refreshing, rich, and delicious flavour. 
An excellent dessert pear, in season in October and November. It keeps much better than 
the White Doyennd i which it succeeds on the dessert table. 
The tree is not a very strong grower, but it is healthy, and bears well, either on the pear or 
quince stock, even in unfavourable seasons. The fruit is larger from a wall, but better in flavour 
from a standard. It should be gathered before it is ripe, when it keeps much longer. This variety, 
from its great fertility, makes an excellent cottage garden pear. 
