This variety is very often confounded with the
White Doyenné, already figured in this work.
All the names cited above are undoubted synonyms
; and it is exceedingly probable th a t the
Doyenné galeux of Noisette’s Manuel, page 526,
is also the same : no difference has been found
between fruit produced by a tree sent by him
to the Horticultural Society, and the old Gray
Doyenné.
We think th a t this is scarcely so good as the
White Doyenné, when th a t variety is taken a t its
b e s t; but its period of perfection is so short th a t
the Gray Doyenné, which will keep much longer,
and which also possesses much excellence of flavour,
may perhaps be considered the most useful.
I t is a very great bearer grafted upon the Quince;
and as it is very handsome, and ripens immediately
after the White Doyenné, no collection should be
without it.
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