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Doyenne. Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, vol. ii.
p. 205. i. 43. Miller’s Diet. no. 65.
Doyenné blanc. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 165.
Poire de N e ig e .................
Poire Monsieur................
Poire à courte queue . . .
Citron de Septembre . . . .
Valencia............................
Carlisle...............................
of various places.
Kaiserbirne .........
Beurré blanc ..................
St. M ich e l.........................
Bonne E n t e ......................
Poire de Limon ........
Poire de Seigneur..........
Die weisse herbst butterbirne. Christ, p. 163.
A very old and excellent Pear, which has so
long been a favourite with cultivators, especially
in France and Germany, th a t its names have
become in themselves a catalogue. I t is a great
and certain bearer, ripening from the end of September
till the third week in October; of first-
rate quality as a juicy, melting sort. I t is one
of the very best to graft upon the Quince, and
to cultivate en quenouille. I t is almost to be doubted
whether Miller really knew it, although he quotes
i t ; since he calls it an indifferent fruit, which he
would have scarcely done had he been acquainted
with the true kind. During the time when it is
in season, it yields to none in excellence.
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