656 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Tombe de 1'Amateur. See Nouveau Poiteau. 

 De Tongres. See Durondeau. 



TONNE AU (Belle de Fouquet ; De Eochef art). Fruit, very large ; 

 oblong obovate, uneven in its outline. Skin, clear yellow, highly 

 coloured with red on the side next the sun, and strewed with small 

 brown points, and some russet spots. Eye, large and open, set in a 

 deep, wide, undulating basin. Stalk, an inch long, straight, woody, 

 and inserted in a deep, irregular cavity. Flesh, very white, rather 

 dry, with a sweet and brisk flavour. 



A handsome ornamental pear, only fit for decoration ; it blets at 

 the core in November. 



This is a perfectly distinct pear from Uvedale's St. Germain, with which 

 M. Leroy has made it synonymous. 



Tres Grosse de Bruxelles. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 



TRESOR (I)' Amour ; Tresor d 1 Amour). Fruit, of immense size, 

 measuring sometimes five and a half inches long, and four inches 

 broad ; oblong, very uneven and bossed in its outline. Skin, at first 

 pale green, changing to pale lemon-yellow, with a brownish tinge 

 when exposed to the sun, thickly covered with rough russety dots and 

 patches of russet, particularly round the stalk and about the eye. 

 Eye, small and open, set in a wide, rather deep and even basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long, very stout, and inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, 

 white, fine-grained, crisp, and juicy. 



An excellent stewing pear ; in use from December to March. The 

 tree is very vigorous, and bears well as a standard. 



Triomphe de Hasselt. See Calebasse Grosse. 



TRIOMPHE DE JODOIGNE. Fruit, large; obovate, regular and 

 handsome. Skin, yellow, covered with numerous small russety dots 

 and patches of thin brown russet. Eye, open, set in a slight de- 

 pression. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, curved, and inserted 

 without depression. Flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, melting, 

 juicy, sugary, and brisk, with an agreeable musky perfume. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in November and December. The tree is a 

 good bearer and a good grower, but it makes straggling pyramids. 

 It succeeds equally well on the quince as the pear. Mr. Blackmore 

 finds it very coarse at Teddington. 



It was raised by M. Simon Bouvier, Burgomaster of Jodoigne, and fruited for 

 the first time in 1843. 



TRIOMPHE DE LOUVAIN. Fruit, above medium size, three 

 inches long, and two and a half wide ; obovate, handsome, and regularly 

 formed. Skin, greenish yellow on the shaded side, covered with 

 fawn-coloured russet, and densely strewed with light brown russet 

 dots ; but on the exposed side it is bright rich red, strewed with large 

 grey specks. Eye, open, with small erect acute segments, set in a 



