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. 
Thuerljnck. 
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. 
Young 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 white, 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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