866 THE PEAR. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, a little inclined to turbinate. Skin 

 smooth, pale green, striped with yellow and pale red. Flesh melting, 

 juicy, sweet, and pleasant. Good. October. 



SYLVANGE. 



Bergamotte Sylvange. Bergamot Sylvanche. 



Green Sylvange. Silvanbirne. 



Sylvanche. Silvange Pierard. 



A foreign variety, superseded. 



Fruit roundish obovate. Skin rough, pale green, with a slightly 

 darker green cheek. Flesh greenish white, juicy, tender, and melting, 

 with a sweet, agreeable flavor. Good. October, and keeps a long time. 



TARDIF DE MONS. ' 



Fruit oblong obovate. Skin yellow, with an orange tinge in sun, and 

 strewed with large russety dots. Flesh white, tender, buttery, melting, 

 very juicy, rich, sugary. November. (Hogg.) 



TARQUIN. 



An old variety, which we have never fruited. The description by 

 Prince resembles that of Belle Williams, recently received as new. 



Fruit large, oblong pyriform, with a shallow groove from one end of 

 the fruit to the other. Skin greenish yellow, marbled over with fawn. 

 Stalk medium length, enlarged, with a fleshy appearance near its junction 

 with the fruit. Flesh breaking without being dry, rather delicate, and 

 has a slight acidity. Good. Ripens April, May. 



TARQUIN DES PYRNES. 



Tree vigorous. 



Fruit large, pyriform. Stem long, stout, fleshy at its junction, with- 

 out cavity. Calyx large, open, with persistent segments, in a broad, 

 irregular basin, surrounded by russet. Skin green, sprinkled or patched 

 with russet, and thickly covered with brown dots. Flesh of poor qua- 

 lity, a very long keeper, and said to keep two years. Only a cooking 

 Pear. 



TAYLOR PEAR. 

 Merriweather. 



Originated on the farm of Mr. Merriweather, near Charlottesville, 

 Albemarle Co., Ya. Tree vigorous. Young wood clear olive brown, 

 productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate. Skin light green, mottled with dark 

 green, netted and dotted with russet. Stalk medium. Cavity shallow. 

 Calyx small, open. Flesh yellowish, coarse, buttery, juicy, half melting, 

 .sweet, and pleasant. Good. November, December. 



TEA. 



Raised by Mrs. Ezra Merchant, of Milford, Conn. The seed was found 

 in a pound of tea, which she purchased at the store, hence its name. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. Young wood olive yellow. 



