562 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Therese. 1. Guide Prat. ill. 1876. 



Fruit rather large, Bergamot-shape, yellowish-green; flesh very melting, delicately 

 aromatic; first; Oct. 



Therese Appert. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:699, fig- 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2d 

 App. 136, fig. 1872. 



First fruited in 1861 from seed of Bcurre Clairgeau by Andre Leroy, Angers, Fr. Tree 

 vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, oblong, turbinate, yellowish-orange, washed with 

 vermilion ; stem short, a trifle inclined ; cavity small ; calyx open ; basin shallow ; flesh whitish- 

 yellow, very juicy, very sweet, aromatic; very good; Sept. 

 Theveriner Butterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:125. 1856. 



Said to have originated in France about 1852. Fruit medium large, turbinate, bright 

 green becoming greenish-yellow, somewhat clouded and striped with red, covered with 

 russet; calyx star-shaped; stem thick, one inch long; seeds mostly abortive; flesh yellowish, 

 sweet, vinous; Oct. 

 Thibaut Butterbirne. I. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:126. 1856. 



According to Dochnahl this is a seedling from Van Mons which originated in Belgium 

 in 1851. Fruit medium large, turbinate, irregular and ill-shapen, bright green becoming 

 yellowish-green, with gray dots, and spotted with russet; skin thin; calyx small, erect; 

 stem slender, 2 inches long, fleshy at the base; core and seeds small; sweet, aromatic; 

 very good; Oct. 

 Thick Stalked Pear. 1. Mawe-Abcrcrombie Univ. Gard. Bot. 1778. 



Mentioned in the reference cited as a minor variety of winter pear having a very 

 large, roundish fruit. 

 Thimothee. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:181, fig. 574. 1881. 



This variety was raised from seed by M. Pariset, a seedsman of Ain, Fr., about 1852. 

 Tree rather vigorous, upright, symmetrical. Fruit medium, roundish-pyriform, regular, 

 greenish becoming pale yellow; calyx almost closed; stem very short, rather stout; flesh 

 whitish, very fine, very melting, subacid, refreshing; good; Nov. and Dec. 

 Thompson (Eng.). 1. Mag. Hort. 8:64. 1842. 2. Pom. France 4:156, PI. 156. 1867. 



Said to be a seedling of Van Mons originated about 1819. R. Manning, Salem, Mass., 

 received cions in 1841. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, obovate, lemon-yellow, 

 russeted around the stem; stem short; almost no cavity; calyx medium, open, slightly 

 depressed in a small basin; segments often united; flesh whitish-yellow, buttery, juicy; 

 flavor rich, sugary, aromatic; seeds large, long; Oct. 

 Thompson (N. H.). 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 198. 1833. 2. Mag. Hort. 3:51. 1837. 



Originated on the farm of Judge Thompson, Portsmouth, N. H. Fruit medium to 

 below, turbinate, quite russeted; " esteemed for its extraordinary productiveness and 

 long keeping " by those in the vicinity of its origin but regarded by R. Manning, Salem, 

 Mass., as " unfit for cultivation." 

 Thooris. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 6:27, fig. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 868. 1869- 



This Belgian pear fruited for the first time in 1854 in the garden of the Society Van 

 Mons. Fruit medium to below, round ovoid to oval, or Bergamot-shape; skin yellow, 

 shaded and striped with grayish-red. Alexander Bivort gives, " flesh yellowish-white. 



