The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . these names, solikely to create confusion, should be laid aside for the true one, WhiteDoyenne.* It is an old French variety, having been in cultivation overtwo hundred years. The branches are strong, upright, yellowish gray orlight brown. Fruit of medium or large size, regularly formed, obovate. It variesconsiderably in different soils, and is often shorter or longer on the same * Virgalieu seems an American name, and is always liable to be confoundedwith the Virgouleuse, a very different fruit. The Doyenne (pronounced dwoy-annay)^ literally deansMp, i
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . these names, solikely to create confusion, should be laid aside for the true one, WhiteDoyenne.* It is an old French variety, having been in cultivation overtwo hundred years. The branches are strong, upright, yellowish gray orlight brown. Fruit of medium or large size, regularly formed, obovate. It variesconsiderably in different soils, and is often shorter or longer on the same * Virgalieu seems an American name, and is always liable to be confoundedwith the Virgouleuse, a very different fruit. The Doyenne (pronounced dwoy-annay)^ literally deansMp, is probably an allusion to the Dean by whom it wasfirst brought into notice. THE PfiAK. 881 tree. Skin smootli, clear pale yellow, regularly sprinkleJ with smalldots, and often with a fine red cheek. Stalk brown, from three-fourthato an inch and a fourth long, a little curved, and planted in a small,round cavity. Calyx always very small, closed, set in a shallow basin,smooth or delicately plaited. Flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery,. White Doyenn^, melting, rich, high-flavored and delicious. Best. — September—and, ifpicked eai-ly from the tree, will often ripen gradually till December. The Doyenne Panache, or Striped Dean, is a variety rather morenarrowing to the stalk, the skin prettily striped with yellow, green, andred, and dotted with brown. Flesh juicy, melting, but not high-flavored. October. Whites Seedling. Origin, New Haven, Conn. Tree a vigorous grower, veiy produc-tive. Yoting wood olive brown. Fruit medium, oblong ovate obovate. Skin yellow, sometimes witha brownish blush in the sun, considerably netted and patched with rus-set, and many russet dots. Stalk long, inclined, set in e. shallow cavity,often by a fleshy lip. Calyx open. Segments short, erect. Basinsmall, uneven. Flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic. Goodto very good. October to February. 56 882 THE PEAK. WlEST. From Pennsylvania. Tree a vigorous grower. Young -wood reddishyellow brown,
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