THE PEAR. 553 



Thorp. 



Received from J. M. Ketchum, of Brandon, Vermont. 



Fruit large, obovate, truncate, obtuse-pyriform. Skin fine 

 waxen yellow, with a slight tinge of crimson, thickly covered 

 with brown dots. Stalk of medium length, rather stout, in a 

 deep, narrow, irregular cavity. Calyx small and closed, basin 

 furrowed. Flesh white, buttery, melting. Flavour very agree- 

 able. October. 



Thuerlinck. 

 Beurre Thuerliuck. 



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. 



Raised by Colonel Totten, of New Haven, Conn. Tree vi- 

 gorous. 



Fruit medium or below, turbinate, pyriform. Skin pale yel- 

 low, slightly sprinkled with russet, and shaded with dull crim- 

 son. Stalk long, and fleshy at its insertion, by a lip. Calyx 

 closed, basin shallow. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melting, 

 with a rich, vinous, perfumed flavour. Ripens last of Septem- 

 ber, and first of October. 



Triomphe de Jodoigne. Bouvier. 



A seedling of Bouvier, very vigorous and productive. 

 Toung wood dull brown. 



Fruit very large, obtusely pyriform. Surface knobby and 

 uneven, with the appearance of suture along its side. Skin 

 rough, thick, greenish-yellow, with russet dots, and a bronze 

 blush on the sunny side. Stalk large, long and curved, inserted 

 by a ring in an inclined cavity. Calyx small, partially closed, 

 basin small. Flesh rather coarse, buttery, juicy, exceedingly 

 musky, sweet, and pretty good. November, December. 



Tyler. 



Fruit small, turbinate, remotely pyriform. Skin yellow, co- 

 vered with russet dots. Stalk long and slender, in a moderate 

 cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx open, basin shallow and 

 uneven. Flesh w^hite, coarse, granular, buttery, melting, juicy, 

 brisk and vinous. October. 



Upper Crust. 



A seedling of South Carolina, and introduced by Colonel 

 Summer. 



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