Doyenné de Lorraine. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:17, 201. 1879.
Received by Diel, the eminent German pomologist, from a nurseryman at Metz under the name of Doyenné d’Austrasie by which it is mostly known to German authors. Fruit medium, globular, depressed at each pole, water-green, with gray-brown dots, bright citron-yellow when ripe and golden on the side next the sun or sometimes washed with red; flesh white, semi-fine, semi-buttery; juice plentiful, sweet and slightly perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct.
Doyenné Louis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:79, fig. 1869.
Seedling of Van Mons, previous to 1820. Fruit small, turbinate-obtuse, regular in form, dark yellow, strewn with numerous gray-brown dots and carmined on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, lacking in flavor; third; Sept. and Oct.
Doyenné de Montjean. 1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 243, fig. 1906.
Obtained in 1848 by M. Trottier, Montjean, Department of Maine-et-Loire, Fr., and first published in 1858. Fruit large to very large, ovate, nearly equally rounded at its two poles; skin thin and rough, yellow, much russeted; flesh white, very fine, melting, very juicy, with a slightly vinous and sweet flavor, perfumed; very good; Jan. to Mar.
Doyenné Nérard. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:237, fig. 117. 1866-73. 2. Guide Prat. 68. 1895.
Obtained in 1850 by M. Bonnefoy, a nurseryman at Saint-Genis-Laval, near Lyons, Fr. Fruit small, globular-conic, yellowish-white, marbled with bright red; flesh semi-breaking, very sugary; good; Aug.
Doyenné Nouveau. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 2:461. 1855.
Fruit medium, obovate; flesh tender and juicy; excellent; Apr.