560 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
tive, a good orchard tree. Fruit medium to above, longish-conic, greenish-yellow; flesh 
white, firm; of first quality for cooking; late spring and early summer. 
Taylor. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 112. 1852. 2. U.S. D. A. Pat. Off. Rpt. 282. 1853. 
Mr. Merriweather, Charlottesville, Va., is credited with having originated this pear, 
although it may have come from France about 1780. 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 depression; calyx very small, 
set in a wide, superficial basin; flesh fine in texture, buttery; flavor vinous, with a delicate 
vanilla aroma; very good; Nov. to Feb. 
Taynton Squash. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 654. 1884. 
Squash. 2. Thacher Am. Orch. 191. 1822. 
An old pear which originated in Gloucestershire, Eng., previous to the year 1805 
and which is widely known as a remarkably fine perry pear much grown in Herefordshire. 
It is early, tender of flesh, and “‘ if it drops ripe from the tree it bursts from the fall, whence 
probably the name.” Fruit medium to below, turbinate, dull greenish-yellow on the 
shaded side and dull brownish-red next the sun, covered with rough, russet dots; calyx 
open; stem slender; flesh white, with a brisk, sweet flavor. 
Tea. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:154. 1850. 2. Ibid. 20:466, fig. 22. 1854. 
Mrs. Ezra Merchant, Milford, Conn., found seed from which this pear was raised in 
a pound of tea which she purchased, hence the name. Similar to White Doyenné, if not 
identical with it. Tree vigorous, with bright yellow wood and deep green foliage. Fruit 
medium, obtuse-pyramidal, with often a suture on one side, yellowish-green becoming 
blushed in the sun; stem short, stout, fleshy at the base; calyx open; flesh whitish, melting, 
juicy, vinous; very good to best; Sept. 
Templiers. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 22697, fig. 1869. 
The place of origin is uncertain but the time is at least prior to 1838. Fruit large, 
short-turbinate, dull yellow, spotted with ashy gray; of first quality for cooking, beginning 
of Sept. 
Tepka. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 24, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear common to lower Styria, Carniola, and the maritime regions of Austria. 
Fruit Bergamot-shape, pale green becoming yellowish-green; calyx large, open, star-shape; 
stem brown, medium short, often bent; flesh juicy, sprightly; rots at the core and keeps 
poorly in storage; Sept. 
Test. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920. 
Reported by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal., as “ A large pear, being four inches 
long by two and one-half across. In form much like Bartlett and in quality more like 
Le Conte, but far better and far more prolific than either. Ripens four weeks later than 
Le Conte. When canned is firm and white and fully equal to or better than Bartlett.” 
Tettenhall. 1. Gard. Chron. 733. 1841. 
“ This pear, supposed only to flourish in the parish of Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton, 
though a very profuse bearer, has fruit almost worthless; but as a forest tree it is remarkable 
for its beauty, far surpassing in size, shape and masses of deep green foliage any other 
Pear-tree I ever saw.” 
