. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. DOYENNE BOUSSOCK DOYENNE DU COMICE 85 dots numerous, small, brownish-russet; flesh tinged with yellow, granular at the center, tender and melting, juicy, aromatic, with a lively vinous flavor; quality good; core large, closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; calji- tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. DOYENNE BOUSSOCK. Fig. 80. Bous- sock. If the fruits were better in quality and kept longer, this variety would take rank among the best commercial sorts, for the pears are handsome and the trees are nearly flawless
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. DOYENNE BOUSSOCK DOYENNE DU COMICE 85 dots numerous, small, brownish-russet; flesh tinged with yellow, granular at the center, tender and melting, juicy, aromatic, with a lively vinous flavor; quality good; core large, closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; calji- tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. DOYENNE BOUSSOCK. Fig. 80. Bous- sock. If the fruits were better in quality and kept longer, this variety would take rank among the best commercial sorts, for the pears are handsome and the trees are nearly flawless. The briskly acid flavor is not pleasing to many, and the fruits become soft at the center soon. 80. Doyenne Boussock. (X%) after ripening. The pears are above medium in size and are sometimes large or very large. The seeds are often abortive. The trees are very large and vigorous, as hardy to cold as those of any other pear, little susceptible to blight, and remarkable for their prominent buds and large, thick, glossy green leaves, which turn deep red in the autumn. On some soils the trees do not hold their crop well, and it is always best to plant them where there is protection against heavy winds. The trees are prodigious bearers, and bear regularly—charac- ters which make the variety desirable for local markets. This pear is supposed to have been raised by the Belgian, Van Mons, at the be- ginning of the nineteenth century. Tree very large, vigorous, upright-spreading, tall, hardy, productive; trunk thick, shaggy ; branches stocky, shaggy, grayish-brown. Leaves 3% inches long, 1% inches wide, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin very finely serrate; petiole IVi inches long, slender. Flowers early, showy, 1% inches across, in dense clusters, average 8 buds in a cluster. Fruit matures in early September; large, 3 inches long, 2% inches wide, uni- form, obtuse-obovate-pyriform, symmetrical ; stem 1 inch long, very thick; cavity obtuse, shallow, broad, often russeted, fur
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