Fruit ripe in late October and November; large, 3 in. long, 2-3/4 in. wide, obovate-obtuse-pyriform or roundish, with unequal sides; stem 1-1/4 in. long, very thick, usually curved; cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, russeted and wrinkled, often with a fleshy ring around the base of the stem; calyx open; lobes separated at the base, long, narrow, acuminate; basin medium to wide, obtuse, often furrowed; skin tough and granular, smooth except for the russet markings, dull; color clear yellow, often with a very faint russet-red blush on the exposed cheek, the surface heavily covered with large patches and nettings of attractive russet; dots many, very small, dark brown, obscure; flesh tinged strongly with yellow, fine-grained near the outside but granular toward the core, melting, tender, buttery, very juicy, sweet and vinous, aromatic; quality very good to best. Core closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, rather plump, acute, often abortive. [Illustration: DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME] DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME =1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 171. 1832. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 381. 1845. =3.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =1=:21, Pl. 1853. =4.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 68. 1862. =5.= _Pom. France_ =1=: No. 17, Pl. 17. 1863. =6.= Mas _Le Verger_ =3=: Pt. 2, 79, fig. 136. 1866-73. =7.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:98, figs. 1869. =8.= _Jour. Hort._ N. S. =24=:26. 1873. =9.= _Guide Prat._ 59, 267. 1876. =10.= _Hist. Mass. Hort. Soc._ 1829-78. 224. 1880. =11.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 569. 1884. _Duchess of Angoulême._ =12.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 371. 1831. _Angouleme._ =13.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 36. 1883. _Herzogin von Angoulême._ =14.= Gaucher _Pom. Prak. Obst._ No. 46, Pl. 43. 1894.