THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 559 



Sylvie de Malzine. 1. Guide Prat. 100. 1895. 



Sent out by Daras de Naghin, Anvers, Bel. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit medium, 

 globular; flesh rather fine, melting, recalling the Beurre' d'Angleterrc by its flavor; Nov. 

 and Dec. 

 Taglioretti. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:73, fig. 517. 1881. 



Tree bell-shaped, pyramidal; leaves bluish-green and dull, characteristically folded; 

 stipules remarkably short. Fruit medium in size, ovoid, short, broad, resembling the 

 Bergamotte d'Etc and the Vallee Franche; skin rather firm, bright lemon-yellow to golden; 

 dots conspicuous; calyx medium, open; basin narrow, rather deep; flesh white, medium 

 fine, medium breaking, juicy; good; Aug. 

 Takasaki. 1. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpi. 49, 54. 1892. 



Exhibited by P. J. Berckmans at the Georgia State Horticultural Society Meeting 

 in 1892. Said to be a Japanese pear. 

 Talmadge. 1. Horticulturist 25:125. 1870. 



W'rthford Seckel. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 123. 1881. 



Originated in the garden of Levi Talmadge at Northford, Conn., as a chance seedling 

 of Seckel. Tree hardy and vigorous, with spreading head, very symmetrical, attaining 

 double the size of the Seckel, very productive. Fruit larger and more uniform than Seckel, 

 almost identical in form, with the same russet ground, slightly less ruddy coloring; flesh 

 white, juicy, melting; inferior to Seckel; ripens with Seckel. 

 Tardive d'Ellezelles. 1. Guide Prat. in. 1876. 



Probably originated in Beligium. Fruit large, grayish-green, pleasantly aromatic; 

 heat resistant; Apr. and May. 

 Tardive Garin. 1. Guide Prat. in. 1876. 



Tree very vigorous and very productive. Fruit large, roundish, grayish-yellow; 

 flesh medium, melting, juicy, sweet; May and June. 

 Tardive de Mons. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 331. 1S66. 2. Ibid. 654. 1884. 



Fruit medium in size, oblong-obovate, even and regularly formed; skin uniformly 

 yellow, orange tinge next the sun; dots large and russet; calyx large, open; stem rather 

 slender, obliquely inserted without depression; flesh white, tender, buttery, melting, very 

 juicy. rich, sugary; rated as an "excellent pear;" Nov. 

 Tardive de Montauban. 1. Guide Prat. 107. 1876. 



Tree very productive. Fruit medium to small, rather long, reddish on the sunny 

 side; flesh fine, yellow, sweet, medium melting; first; very late. 

 Tardive de Solesne. 1. Guide Prat. 100. 1895. 



Tree vigorous and very productive. Fruit large to very large; flesh breaking, very 

 sweet; first; Jan. and Feb. 

 Tatnall Harvest. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:424. 1853. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society rated specimens of this variety submitted 

 to it by Thomas Hancock, Burlington, X. J., as " scarcely good." 



Tavernier de Boulogne. 1. Field Pear Cult. 283. 1858. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:696, 

 fig. 1869. 



Found in 1S36 by M. Tavernier in a woods near Trelaze, Fr. Tree scraggly, produc- 



