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Poire Rigoleau. i. Mag. Hort. 20:136. 1854. 



Introduced in 1854 as a new variety. Origin unknown. Fruit small, nearly globular; 

 skin thick, greenish-yellow, covered with russet specks, little russet at either stem and 

 calyx; flesh white, tender, juicy, of a very pleasant flavor; first part of Nov. 

 Poke du Roeulx. i. Guide Prat, 104. 1876. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876; it was published in the 

 Revue de I' Arboriculture in France. Fruit medium, pyriform, short, irregular, yellow 

 clouded with fawn; flesh yellowish, very melting, exceedingly juicy, very saccharine and 

 with a very exquisite perfume; first; latter half of Sept. 

 Poire Souvenir d'Hortoles Pere. x. Pom. France 4: No. 173, PI. 173. 1865. 



A variety unpublished previous to 1865 but cultivated in France, where it had already 

 existed for more than sixty years. Fruit small, pyriform, usually growing in clusters 

 strongly attached to the tree, green, dotted, passing to yellow and washed with dark bril- 

 liant red on the side of the sun; flesh white, firm, melting, slightly gritty; juice abundant, 

 with a strong perfume of Muscatel; good; July. 

 Poire Thouin. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:177, n g- 473- 1880. 



According to Diel, Poire Thouin was obtained by Van Mons. Fruit medium, ovate, 

 more or less short, usually symmetrical in contour, largest circumference at center; skin a 

 little thick and firm, bright green, sprinkled with numerous inconspicuous spots of a darker 

 shade, changing to pale yellow, and washed with orange-red on the side next the sun of 

 well-exposed fruits; flesh white, coarse, breaking, full of saccharine juice, perfumed; third, 

 for the season of its maturity; early Sept. 

 Poire de Torpes. i. Guide Prat. 107. 1876. 



Tree hardy, very productive. Fruit rather large, globular, yellow stained with russet; 

 flesh fine, melting; good; Oct. to Dec. 

 Poire des Trois Freres. x. Guide Prat. 71, 308. 1876. 



A wilding found near Maizieres-les-Metz, Fr. It was propagated by Messrs. Maline 

 and placed in commerce in 1863. Tree vigorous, very fertile, and suitable especially for 

 wind-blown situations. Fruit medium, long, green; flesh whitish, buttery, sugary an 

 perfumed; first; end of Aug. 

 Poire des Trois Jours, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 149. 1841. 



Trois Jours. 2. Cultivator, 340. 1847. 



Kenrick says: " New and large; beurre'e; of first-rate excellence, ripening at Paris in 

 November, according to M. Jamin." 



Poire de Vitrier. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:139, PI- XLIV, fig. 4. 1768. 2. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 2:746, fig. 1869. 



This is probably a variety of German origin, for Valerius Cordus, who was a native 

 of Hesse and died in 1544, spoke of it as abounding in Saxony, in the suburbs of Eisleben, 

 and very common in all Germany. Duhamel du Monceau described it in France in 1768. 

 Fruit medium, rather regular-ovate, wrinkled and mammillate at the summit, dull yellow, 

 much clouded over with gray-russet, dotted with light brown, and vermilioned on the side 

 toward the sun; flesh whitish, watery, semi-fine and semi-melting, gritty around the center; 

 juice sufficient, sugary, vinous, slightly musky; second; Nov. and Dec. 



