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green dots; siein, short, thick; calyx, medium, long segments, furrowed 

 basin, large core : flesh, white, not fine-grained, buttery, juicy, sweet. Sep- 

 tember. 



Supreme De Quimper. 



Foreign, Tree, strong, erect grower ; wood, brownish-olive. Fruit, me- 

 dium, roundish obovate, lemon yellow, red in sun, and russet specks ; stem, 

 short, stout; calyx, medium, partly open, segments, shorty flesh, yellowish 

 white, coarse, sugary, perfumed ; core, medium ; seeds, pale brown, Au- 

 gust. 



Suzette de Bavay, 



Suzette de Bavay (Esperen). 



Foreign, Tree, vigorous, shoots light greenish hrown. Fruit, medium, 

 obovate pyriform, dull yellow and russet; flesh, melting, juicy; "very 

 good."' February and March. 



Taylor Pear. 



Memweather. 



Originated on the farm of Mr. Merriweather, near Charlotteville, Albe- 

 marle Co., Va. Tree, vigorous, young wood olive, productive. 



Fruit, medium, roundish, oblate; skin, light green, mottled with dark 

 green ; stalk, rather long, fleshy at its termination, in "a very slight de- 

 pression ; calyx, very small, set in a wide, superficial basin; flesh, fine 

 texture, buttery ; flavor, vinous, with a delicate vanilla aroma ; quality, 

 "very good." November to February. (Dr. W. D. B.) 



Tea. 



American, Native of New Haven Co,, Conn. Fruit, below medium, 

 roundish oval, clear rich yellow, blush in sun ; calyx, with short open seg- 

 ments, even with surface : core, small ; flesh, whitish, melting, juicy : 

 •• very good," nearly " best." Last September. 



Theodore Van Mons. 



Foreign, Fruit, medium, obovate pyriform, yellow, with russet spots ; 

 stem, long, little or no depression ; calyx, large, open, broad segments ; 

 flesh, whitish, melting; "very good " on Quince, November. 



Thorp. 



Prindle. 



Above medium, obovate truncated, oblique, yellow, dull reddish cheek, 



brown dots; stem, medium, inserted in an abrupt, acute cavity; calyx, 



small, closed; basin, shallow, russeted ; flesh, white, coarse ; core, small; 



"good." November, 



Thuerlinck, 



A very large, showy fruit, whose quality does not equal its beauty, and 

 whose great weight of fruit causes it to fall from the tree with so little 

 wind, that it is not profitable for garden or orchard, (Al. Pom.) 



Totten's Seedling. 

 R.aised by Colonel Totten, of New Haven, Conn, Tree, vigorous. 

 Fruit, medium or below, turbinate pyriform ; skin, pale yellow, slightly 

 sprinkled with russet, and shaded with dull crimson ; stalk, long, and 



