PEAR?. 65-5 



APPERT. Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 and a quarter long, and two inches and a quarter wide ; pyriform, 

 rounded towards the eye, and tapering gradually to the stalk by two 

 deep concave curves. Skin, of a dull yellow ground colour, mottled 

 with green patches, and thickly covered with cinnamon-coloured russet 

 dots, and here and there a small patch of russet ; next the sun it has a 

 few mottles of crimson. Eye, small and open, with erect acute seg- 

 ments, set in a very slight depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, fleshy, inserted without depression, sometimes a little on one 

 side of the axis. Flesh, tender, buttery, and melting, rich, and with a 

 pleasant, sprightly, vinous flavour, and a fine aroma. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in the end of October, but keeps a 

 very short time. It ought to be gathered before it is ripe. 



This was raised by M. Andre Leroy, of Angers, and named after his grand- 

 daughter, eldest child of M. Eugene Appert. 



Thiessoise. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 



THOMPSON'S ( Vlesembeek). Fruit, medium sized ; obovate. Skin, 

 pale yellow, and considerably covered with a coating and dots of pale 

 cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, 

 an inch and a quarter long, inserted in an uneven cavity. Flesh, white, 

 buttery and melting, very juicy, exceedingly rich and sugary, and with 

 a fine aroma. 



One of our best pears ; ripe in November. The tree is quite hardy, 

 an excellent bearer, and succeeds best on the pear stock. 



This was raised by Van Mons, and being received from him by the Horti- 

 cultural Society without a name, Mr. Sabine named it in honour of Mr. Kobert 

 Thompson. 



THURSTON'S RED. Fruit, small ; turbinate, even in its outline. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, with a thin red cheek on the side next the sun, 

 and a large patch of thin pale brown russet, especially round the eye. 

 Eye, small and open, set in a saucer-like basin. Stalk, an inch and a 

 quarter long, slender, set on the apex of the fruit without depression. 

 Flesh, yellowish. 



A new Herefordshire perry pear of some repute. 



TILLINGTON. Fruit, about medium size ; short pyriform, rather 

 uneven in its outline. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, covered with a 

 number of light brown russet dots. Eye, open, scarcely at all de- 

 pressed. Stalk, short, fleshy, and warted at its insertion. Flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, buttery and melting, not very juicy, but brisk and 

 vinous, with a peculiar and fine aroma. 



This is an excellent pear ; ripe in October, the fine sprightly flavour 

 of which contrasts favourably with the luscious sweetness of the 

 Seckle, which comes in just before it. The tree is not a very good 

 b:arer. 



