The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE WHITE B EtiuIs oF AmerceaPlate T! PEAR iritvia tidih Ifature 3, Cliroiuo Xith^By- WSIiarp. THE WHITE DOYENNE PEAR. White Doyenne. Pomologlcal Magazine, vol. ii. pi. 60. St. Michael, of , of New Pear, of Blanc, of French authorsWhite Beurre,Snow Pear,Poire de Limon, According to Cat. ofLon. Hort. Soc. Poire Niege,Poire de Seigneur,Bonne Ente,Beurre Blanc,Pine Pear,A CouRTE Queue,Deans, &c., &;c., Acco
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . THE WHITE B EtiuIs oF AmerceaPlate T! PEAR iritvia tidih Ifature 3, Cliroiuo Xith^By- WSIiarp. THE WHITE DOYENNE PEAR. White Doyenne. Pomologlcal Magazine, vol. ii. pi. 60. St. Michael, of , of New Pear, of Blanc, of French authorsWhite Beurre,Snow Pear,Poire de Limon, According to Cat. ofLon. Hort. Soc. Poire Niege,Poire de Seigneur,Bonne Ente,Beurre Blanc,Pine Pear,A CouRTE Queue,Deans, &c., &;c., According to Cat. ofLon. Hort. The White Doyenne is the Avorld-renowned pear, andone that has been—if it is not at the present time—more extensively cuUivated than any other. The proofof its popularity is the great number of names that havebeen given to it, both in Europe and this country. Asthe St. Michael, Virgalieu or Butter pear, it is familiarto all who know anything of a pear in the Eastern orMiddle States. So strong are our early associationsconnected with it, that we form our opinion of everynew pear by a comparison Avith this; nor were theolder pomologists mistaken in their estimate of the White Doyenne; forit still is, when ripened in perfection, unrivalled by few, and surpassedby none, of more recent introduction. Unfortunately, the White Doyenne for a long time has failed to per-fect its fruit in many parts of the country, more particularly in NewEngland, and its cultivation has been neglected for other and more cer-tain sorts; but in New York and the W^estern States it still maturesits superb fruit
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