PLATE XXVI. 
3. SUMMER DOYEN Nil 
[Syn : Doyenne d’ Ete ; Doyenne de Juillet; Jolimont ; Roi Jolimont ; J olivet; Duchesse de 
Rerri d' Ete; St. Michel d' Ete ; Briisselcr Sommer Dechantsbirne ; Julius Dechant shir ne. ] 
The origin of this Pear has caused much discussion among pomologists, but there seems 
little doubt about it. In Van Mons’ Catalogue at p. 28, we find “ Doyennd d’Etd; par nous .” In 
the preface this expression “par nous ” is stated to signify “ que ce fruit est un resultat de nos essais.” 
This being the case, we cannot suppose that Van Mons would have claimed a fruit he did not raise. 
Diel acknowledges having received it from Van Mons in his “ Kernobstsorten,” Vol. xix. ; 
and in his “ Systematisches Verseichniss," 2 Fort. p. 90, he describes it under the name Briisseler 
Sommer dechantsbirne with the synonyme “ Doyenni d'Etd V. M.” This distinction of placing Van 
Mons’ initials in conjunction with it, was, no doubt, to distinguish it from that other Doyennd d’Etd, 
which he had described in the “ Kernobsorten” Vol. iii., p. 39, and which is a totally different fruit, 
of medium size, with no red on the sunny side, and which ripens in the end of August. This pear 
must have been raised by Van Mons at an early period, for Diel mentions it among his best pears 
in 1812. 
An excellent coloured representation has been given of this pear in the “ Florist and 
Pomologist,” July, 1862, p. 104. 
Description. —Fruit : small, two inches wide and one and three quarters high ; roundish, or 
roundish turbinate. Skin : smooth, and wherever shaded of a clear greenish yellow, changing as it 
ripens to a fine lemon yellow, and on the side next the sun covered with a red blush, and strewed 
with grey dots. Eye : small, half open, set in a shallow plaited basin. Stalk : three quarters of an 
inch long, not depressed. Flesh : yellowish white, half melting, and very juicy, sweet and pleasantly 
flavoured. 
This is the earliest Pear known, and the best of the early Pears. It is ripe by the middle or 
end of July, but it should be gathered before it is ripe, or it will soon become mealy and quite insipid. 
The tree is very hardy and bears abundantly. It succeeds well on the Quince , forms a 
handsome pyramid, and this is the best mode of growing it. 
