THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 563 



half fine, melting; juice abundant, sugary, and with an agreeable perfume • ■ ■ 

 of first quality," whereas Downing says, " flesh white, coarse, dry, sweet, and poor 

 . . . unworthy of cultivation." Sept. 

 Thuerlinckx. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 553. 1857. 



Beurre Thuerlinckx. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 529. 1884. 



This pear was found in 1848 upon an estate purchased by M. Thuerlinckx, Mechlin, 

 Bel. It is said to be a very large, coarse, showy pear of long-obovate shape, with a some- 

 what tender and juicy flesh but without any aroma, and very soon becoming mealy ; Oct. 

 to Dec. 

 Thurston Red. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 655. 1884. 



Hogg says, " a new Herefordshire perry pear of some repute." Fruit small, turbinate, 

 even in outline, greenish-yellow, with a thin red cheek and a large patch of thin, pale- 

 brown russet, especially around the calyx; calyx small and open; stem an inch and a quarter 

 long, slender; cavity none; flesh yellow. 

 Tiffin. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 289. 1893. 



Originated with Henry Loose, Tiffin, O. Fruit described as large, broad-ovate, 

 smooth, greenish-yellow; dots numerous, brown; stem medium long, slender, curved, 

 inserted with no depression; basin wide, russeted; calyx small, open; skin thin; core large; 

 seeds large, plump, brown; flesh white, buttery, subacid; good; Oct. 

 Tigree de Janvier. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:141, fig. 71. 1872. 



Raised by L. J. Berckmans from seed produced by Major Esperen and obtained 

 by the former after the latter's death. Tree vigorous, rather slender. Fruit small to 

 below medium, ovoid-pyriform, yellowish; stem long; flesh yellow, medium fine, melting, 

 very juicy, vinous; not of the most beautiful appearance yet of the highest flavor; Dec. 

 and Jan. 



Tillington. 1. Trans. Lond. Hori. Soc. 4:521. 1822. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 868. 

 1869. 



Exhibited by Thomas Andrew Knight before the London Horticultural Society in 

 1820 as " a Seedling Pear raised from a seed of the Autumn Bergamot impregnated with the 

 pollen of the Jargonelle." Tree hardy, productive. Fruit medium, short-pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow, with light brown russet dots; stalk short; calyx open; flesh yellowish, 

 tender, buttery, melting, not juicy, vinous, aromatic; good; Oct. 

 Timpling. 1. Buckman Fruit Var. in Ex. Orch. 6. 1901. 



Included in the list of varieties in the experimental orchard of Benjamin Buckman, 

 Farmingdale, 111. Mr. Buckman reports that it was from Ludwig Hencke, Collinsville, 

 and that he received it in 1893. Mr. Hencke brought the Timpling with him from Germany. 

 According to Mr. Buckman the tree is rather free from blight, moderately productive, and 

 still in good shape at the age of 27 years. Fruit medium; good quality and color. 

 Tindall Swan Egg. 1. Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. 6:396. 1826. 



Specimens of a new variety of Swan Egg pear were sent to the meeting of the London 

 Horticultural Society in 1824 by George and William Tindall, Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng. 

 " It is larger and browner than the Common Swan's Egg, and equal to it in flavor. It 

 keeps well till the end of January, and sometimes later." 



