Doyenne Rose
PearDoyenne Rose
Origin / History
Raised from a seed bed made in 1820 by Edouard Sageret, author of Pomologie physiologique; it first bore fruit in 1830 (Hedrick). Elliott lists it as foreign.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Above medium.
Form: Oblong, ovate pyriform (Elliott); obovate, obscurely pyriform (Downing). Hedrick alone gives globular, irregular.
Stem: Short (Downing); stout, set without depression (Elliott).
Cavity: Small (Downing). Elliott has the stem set without depression.
Calyx: Small (Downing); segments short and stiff (Elliott).
Basin: Deep, regular (Downing).
Skin: Yellow, with a blush red cheek (Elliott); beautifully shaded with crimson (Downing). Hedrick gives yellow-ochre on the shaded side and beautiful rose on the side of the sun.
Dots: Patches and dots of russet (Elliott).
Flesh and flavor: Flesh white, very white (Hedrick); coarse, granular; semi-melting (Hedrick). Juicy (Elliott), but "juice scarcely sufficient" (Hedrick). Flavor slight: "very little flavor" (Downing); "little perfume or flavor" (Hedrick). Rots at the core (Downing). Quality: "good" (Elliott); "second" (Hedrick); "Poor" (Downing).
Core and seeds: Core small (Elliott).
Season
October; the last of October (Downing).
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Figured in Leroy, Dict. Pom. 2:82 (1869), and Mas, Pom. Gen. 5:21, fig. 299 (1880), as cited by Hedrick.
Book Sources
Described in 3 period pomological works
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— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)Doyenne Rose. Foreign. Fruit, above medium, oblong, ovate pyriform, yellow, blush red cheek, patches and dots of russet : stem, stout, set without depression ; calyx, with short, stiff segments ; core, small ; flesh, white, coarse, juicy ; "good." October.
— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Doyenne Rose.
Fruit above medium, obovate, obscurely pyriform. Skin yellow, beautifully shaded with crimson. Stem short. Cavity small. Calyx small; deep, regular basin. Flesh white, coarse, granular, with very little flavor. Rots at the core. Poor. Last of October.
— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Doyenne Rose.
- Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:82, fig. 1869.
- Mas Pom. Gen. 5:21, fig. 299. 1880.
From a seed bed made in 1820 by Edouard Sageret, author of Pomologie physiologique; it bore fruit first in 1830.
Fruit above medium, globular, irregular, yellow-ochre on the shaded side and beautiful rose on the side of the sun; flesh very white, semi-melting, granular; juice scarcely sufficient, little perfume or flavor; second; Oct.