Tree large, vigorous, upright becoming quite spreading, open-topped, hardy, productive; trunk stocky, shaggy; branches thick, smooth, dull reddish-brown, almost entirely covered with gray scarf-skin, sprinkled with numerous large, raised lenticels; branchlets slender, curved, long, with long internodes, dull reddish-brown, overspread with thin gray scarf-skin which is mingled with green, dull, smooth, glabrous, with conspicuous, raised lenticels. Leaf-buds small, pointed, appressed, somewhat flattened. Leaves 3 in. long, 1-5/8 in. wide, thin, velvety; apex taper-pointed; margin glandless, finely serrate; petiole 2 in. long, slender, tinged red, glabrous. Flower-buds small, short, conical, free, singly on very short spurs; flowers late, 1-1/8 in. across, in dense clusters, average 8 buds in a cluster; pedicels 7/8 in. long, thick, pubescent. Fruit ripe in late September and October; medium or below in size, 2-1/4 in. long, 2-3/8 in. wide, roundish-oblate, slightly conical toward the apex; stem 7/8 in. long, slender; cavity acute, deep, narrow, smooth, sometimes lipped; calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base, long, acute; basin very shallow, narrow, obtuse, occasionally wrinkled; skin thin, tough, smooth, dull; color light green, without blush; dots very small, russet or greenish, very obscure; flesh greenish-white, firm, crisp, rather dry, subacid; quality medium to poor. Core large, closed, axile, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube wide, conical; carpels ovate; seeds variable in size, wide, flat, obtuse. [Illustration: SUMMER DOYENNÉ] SUMMER DOYENNÉ =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 40. 1883. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 651. 1884. =3.= Ont. Dept. Agr. _Fr. Ont._ 180, fig. 1914. _Doyenné d'Été._ =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 336. 1845. =5.= _Gard. Chron._ 508, fig. 1847. =6.= _Mag. Hort._ =13=:66, fig. 8. 1847. =7.= Hovey _Fr. Am._ =1=:59, Pl. 1851. =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 53. 1852. =9.= _Horticulturist_ N. S. =3=:491, fig. 1853. =10.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 742, fig. 1869. _Sommerdechantsbirne._ =11.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:20. 1856. _Doyenné de Juillet._ =12.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:77, fig. 1869. =13.= _Guide Prat._ 57, 266. 1876. _Juli Dechantsbirne._ =14.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 239. 1889. =15.= Gaucher _Pom. Prak. Obst._ No. 51, Pl. 108. 1894. The extremely early and highly flavored fruits, which are borne in prodigious quantities, make this a very desirable pear for the home garden. The fruits have no value for the markets, as they are small, do not keep well, and are unattractive. The tree, while never large, is of medium size, comes in bearing early, is hardy, and is as free as most of its orchard associates from blight. Both fruit and foliage suffer badly from pear-scab, and no amount of spraying can give the fruits a fair cheek in seasons when this fungus is epidemic.