(?) Raised by the Capucin Monks at Noms probably around 1700. Fruit small, green becoming pale yellow, half flushed with brownish-red-orange. Very early ripening. Flesh white, melting, moderately juicy, sweet with mild flavour. Tree weak and compact. -- J. Arbury 1997.Summer Doyenne. Originated in Belgium, by Dr. John Van Mons in 1823. Synonyms: Dean's Summer, Doyenne d'Ete, Doyenne de Juillet, Duchesse de Berri d'Ete, Duchesse de Berry d'Ete (of Bivort), Jolemont, Jolimont, Jolliemont, Jolivet, Roi Jollimont, Saint Michael d'Ete, Summer St. Michael, Summer Virgalieu. -- W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Pear, 1908.
Doyenne d'Ete (of Louis Noisette, Le Jardin Fruitier, 1839). Summer Doyenne. The Doyenne d'Ete is shaped very much like a small White Doyenne. The skin is smooth, shining, clear yellow, marked with very small dots; and sometimes washed with faint red next the sun. Stalk short, thick, and fleshy. Calyx small, closed, basin very slightly sunk. Flesh white, melting very juicy, sweet, with a little acid, and of excellent flavour. It ripens as the last of July and Beginning of August. The tree bears abundantly, but is quite different from the Doyenne in its growth. M. Poiteau remarks that this pear has been cultivated for many years at Nantes, though, till lately, little known in Paris. -- A.J. Downing, The fruits and fruit trees of America, 1846.