8g8 the pear. 



Therese Kumps. 



A Belgian Pear, introduced in 1847. Tree s^igorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblong j^yriform, pale yellow, slightly tinted with 

 brownish in sun, small patches, large specks and dots of thin russet. 

 Stalk medium, rough, inserted with rings at base. Calyx with short, 

 almost erect segments. Flesh yellowish white, half fine, melting, juicy, 

 sweet, vinous, perfumed. November. (An. Pom.) 



Thompson's. 



This Pear, received by us from the Horticultural Society of London, 

 was named in honor of Mr. Kobert Thompson, the head of the fruit de- 

 partment in the Society's garden, to whose pomological acumen the hor- 

 ticultural world is so largely indebted. Tree vigorous and productive. 

 Fruit variable. Young wood reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate pyriform, slightly irregular in siu-face. 

 Skin pale lemon yellow, with a few small russety dots and patches 

 and streaks. Stalk pretty stout, an inch or more long, inserted in a 

 blunt, uneven cavity. Calyx open, stiff, often without divisions. Basin 

 abrujDt, uneven. Flesh white, buttery, melting, sugary, slightly aromatic. 

 Good to very good. October and November. 



Thooris. 



A Belgian Pear, introduced in 1854, and unworthy cultivation. 

 Fruit below medium, oval, jiale yellow, thickly sprinkled with brown 

 dots. Flesh white, coarse, dry, sweet, and poor. Early September. 



Thuerlinckx. 

 Tuerlinckx. • Beurre Tuerlinckx. 



This vai'iety was grown from seed and first exhibited in 1848, by M. 

 Thuerlinckx, of Malines, Belgium. Tree moderately vigorous. 



Fruit very large, regular oblong obovate pyriform. Skin dull green- 

 ish, with a shade of brown at ends, and marblings of dull dark green 

 and brown. Stalk medium, inserted without depression by a ring. 

 Flesh white, buttery, acidulous. November, December. (Al. Pom.) 



TiLLINGTON. 



Eaised in the village of Tillington, near Hereford, England, and first 

 exhibited by T. A. Knight, Esq., before the London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, in 1820. Tree hardy and productive. 



Fruit medium size, short pyriform, greenish yellow, with light brown 

 russet dots. Stalk short. Calyx open. Flesh yellowish, tender, but- 

 tery, melting, not juicy, vinous, aromatic. Good. October. 



Totten's Seedling. 



Raised by Colonel Totten, of New Haven, Conn. Ti-ee vigorous. 

 Young wood dull olive yellow brown. 



Fruit small, roundish pyriform, pale yellow, with a shade of crimson 

 in the sun, traces, patches, and dots of russet. Stalk long. Calyx open^ 

 Flesh white, sweet. Poor. September. 



