Doctor Turner. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 210. 1862. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 740. 1869.
A pear of Connecticut origin. Tree of good growth, moderately spreading, rather an early and regular although not an over-abundant bearer; young wood a dark olive-brown. Fruit large, oblong-pyriform, with blunt neck; skin pale yellow, sometimes with a slight blush and thickly sprinkled with green and brown dots, a few traces of russet; stalk long, curved, set in a slight depression by a ring or lip; calyx closed; basin rather small; flesh white, juicy, half melting, slightly vinous, somewhat astringent; good; Aug.
Dodge. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:480, fig. 161. 1913.
A hybrid-oriental variety. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform, narrowing rapidly to the stem, greenish-yellow, profusely dotted; skin thin but tough, russeted near stem; flesh white, juicy, melting, tender, free from grit; fair; Oct.
Doktorsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:61. 1856.
German, from the Rhine country, 1833. Fruit large, pyriform, smooth, light-yellow without russet, slightly blushed on side next the sun; flesh agreeable, sweet; good; Oct.
Donatienne Bureau. 1. Guide Prat. 91. 1895.
On trial in 1895 at Simon Louis’s grounds at Metz, Lorraine. Fruit large, ovate-long, bright yellow stained with brown; flesh fine; first.
Dones. 1. Guide Prat. 92. 1876.
Fruit small; flesh melting, juicy; first; Sept. and Oct.