THE PEAR. 



Trescott. 



Originated on the farm of Mies Trescott, Cranston, R. I. 



Fruit medium size, roundish obovate, orange yellow, with patches of 

 cinnamon russet. Flesh fine-grained, melting, juicy, pleasant. Good. 

 Last September. (Hort.) 



Triomphe de Jodoigne. 



A Belgian Pear, seedling of M. Bouvier in 1830, introduced in 1843. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. Young wood short-jointed, dull grayish 

 brown. 



Fruit large, obovate ovate obtuse pyriform. Surface uneven. Skin 

 pale greenish yellow, shaded and mottled with crimson in the sun, 

 patches, nettings, and traces of russet, and thickly sprinkled with brown 

 and green dots. Stalk rather long, a little inclined, fleshy at its inser- 

 tion by a ring. Cavity small. Calyx open. Segments short and stiff. 

 Basin small, uneven. Flesh whitish, coarse, juicy, half melting, sweet. 

 Good to very good. October. 



Triomphe de Louvain. 



Of Belgian origin. Tree vigorous, productive, an early bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate. Skin rather rough, greenish yellow, 

 mostly covered with thin dull russet, with a dull red cheek in sun, many 

 russet brown dots. Stalk rather short, stout. Cavity medium. Calyx 

 large, open. Segments recurved. Flesh whitish, coarse, not juicy or 

 melting, sweet. Good. September. 



Truckhill Bergamot. 



Fruit medium or above, roundish oblate. Skin yellow, with crimson 

 and fawn in the sun, sprinkled with gray and green dots. Stalk rather 

 short. Cavity deep. Calyx open. Basin deep, abrupt, uneven. Flesh 

 half melting, somewhat coarse and gritty, moderately juicy. Good. 

 October. 



Twenty-fifth Anniversaire de Leopold I. 



This Pear, with its unfortunate long name, is a seedling of M. Gre- 

 goire, Jodoigne, Belgium. The tree is of medium vigor, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit medium to large, oval obovate pyriform. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow, with a few patches of crimson in the sun, and netted, patched, 

 and dotted with russet. Stalk medium or slender. Cavity narrow. 

 Calyx with half-erect segments. Flesh white, fine, melting, buttery, 

 juicy, sweet, with a delicious perfume. November. (An. Pom.) 



Tyler. 



An American variety. Tree moderately vigorous. Young wood 

 reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit below medium, roundish pyriform, yellow, netted and patched 

 and dotted with russet. Stalk long and slender, in a moderate cavity. 



