562 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Thérése. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Fruit rather large, Bergamot-shape, yellowish-green; flesh very melting, delicately 
aromatic; first; Oct. 
Thérése Appert. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:699, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2d 
App. 136, fig. 1872. 
First fruited in 1861 from seed of Beurré Clairgeau by André Leroy, Angers, Fr. Tree 
vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, oblong, turbinate, yellowish-orange, washed with 
vermilion ; stem short, a trifle inclined; cavity small; calyx open; basin shallow; flesh whitish- 
yellow, very juicy, very sweet, aromatic; very good; Sept. 
Theveriner Butterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:125. 1856. 
Said to have originated in France about 1852. Fruit medium large, turbinate, bright 
green becoming greenish-yellow, somewhat clouded and striped with red, covered with 
russet; calyx star-shaped; stem thick, one inch long; seeds mostly abortive; flesh yellowish, 
sweet, vinous; Oct. 
Thibaut Butterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:126. 1856. 
. According to Dochnahl this is a seedling from Van Mons which originated in Belgium 
in 1851. Fruit medium large, turbinate, irregular and ill-shapen, bright green becoming 
yellowish-green, with gray dots, and spotted with russet; skin thin; calyx small, erect; 
stem slender, 2 inches long, fleshy at the base; core and seeds small; sweet, aromatic; 
very good; Oct. 
Thick Stalked Pear. 1. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Gard. Bot. 1778. 
Mentioned in the reference cited as a minor variety of winter pear having a very 
large, roundish fruit. 
Thimothée. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:181, fig. 574. 1881. 
This variety was raised from seed by M. Pariset, a seedsman of Ain, Fr., about 1852. 
Tree rather vigorous, upright, symmetrical. Fruit medium, roundish-pyriform, regular, 
greenish becoming pale -yellow; calyx almost closed; stem very short, rather stout; flesh 
whitish, very fine, very melting, subacid, refreshing; good; Nov. and Dec. 
Thompson (Eng.). 1. Mag. Hort. 8:64. 1842. 2. Pom. France 4:156, Pl. 156. 1867. 
Said to be a seedling of Van Mons originated about 1819. R. Manning, Salem, Mass., 
received cions in 1841. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, obovate, lemon-yellow, 
russeted around the stem; stem short; almost no cavity; calyx medium, open, slightly 
depressed in a small basin; segments often united; flesh whitish-yellow, buttery, juicy; 
flavor rich, sugary, aromatic; seeds large, long; Oct. 
Thompson (N. H.). 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 198. 1833. 2. Mag. Hort. 3:51. 1837. 
Originated on the farm of Judge Thompson, Portsmouth, N. H. Fruit medium to 
below, turbinate, quite russeted; ‘‘ esteemed for its extraordinary productiveness and 
long keeping "’ by those in the vicinity of its origin but regarded by R. Manning, Salem, 
Mass., as “‘ unfit for cultivation.” 
Thooris. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:27, fig. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 868. 1869. 
This Belgian pear fruited for the first time in 1854 in the garden of the Society Van 
Mons. Fruit medium to below, round ovoid to oval, or Bergamot-shape; skin yellow, 
shaded and striped with grayish-red. Alexander Bivort gives, ‘‘ flesh yellowish-white, 
