Leaf-buds small, short, pointed, free. Leaves 3 in. long, 2-1/4 in. wide, thick, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin tipped with minute scattering glands, finely serrate; petiole variable in length, pinkish-green; stipules short, tinged with pink. Flower-buds small, short, conical, plump, free, singly on very short spurs. Fruit ripe December to January; large, 4-1/4 in. long, 3 in. wide, oblong-pyriform, with a long, tapering neck, with unequal sides; stem 1-1/8 in. long, slender, curved; cavity lacking, with stem obliquely set without a depression and often with a fleshy fold around the base in the form of a lip; calyx large, open; lobes long, unusually broad, obtusely pointed; basin very shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth, symmetrical; skin thick, tough, smooth, dull; color pale yellow, often with a faint trace of a brownish-red blush over the exposed cheek, marked with light russet around the calyx, and occasionally with russet flecks scattered over the surface; dots numerous, small, conspicuous, brownish-russet; flesh white, granular only near the center, tender and melting, juicy, somewhat astringent or with a sprightly muskiness, with no pleasant aroma; quality inferior for dessert but good for cooking. Core small, closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, funnel-shaped; carpels long-oval; seeds large, long, not very plump, often abortive. [Illustration: WHITE DOYENNÉ] WHITE DOYENNÉ =1.= _Pom. Mag._ =2=:60, Pl. 1829. =2.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 385. 1831. =3.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:43. 1831. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 378, fig. 162. 1845. =5.= _Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr._ 51. 1848. =6.= Hovey _Fr. Am._ =2=:85, Pl. 1851. =7.= _Horticulturist_ N. S. =4=:158, Pl. 1854. =8.= _Ibid._ N. S. =6=:406. 1856. =9.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 880, fig. 1869. =10.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 663. 1884. _Warwicke._ =11.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 592. 1629. _Doyenné._ =12.= Langley _Pomona_ 132. 1729. =13.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:205, Pl. XLIII. 1768. =14.= Miller _Gard. Dict._ =2=: Pt. 1. 1807. =15.= Brookshaw _Pom. Brit._ =2=: Pl. 49. 1817. =16.= Brookshaw _Hort. Reposit._ =2=:175, Pl. 92. 1823. =17.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:52, fig. 1869. =18.= _Rev. Hort._ 51. 1898. _Virgalieu._ =19.= Prince Cat. 1771. _White Beurré._ =20.= Mawe-Abercrombie _Univ. Gard. Bot._ 1778. _Weisse Herbst Butterbirne._ =21.= Christ _Handb._ 511. 1817. =22.= Liegel _Syst. Anleit._ 100. 1825. =23.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:84. 1856. =24.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ =II=: No. 16, Pl. 16. 1882. =25.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 296. 1889. _Saint-Michael._ =26.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 191, fig. 38. 1817.