Templiers. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:697, 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. Löschnig 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.”
Teutsche Augustbirne. 1. Christ Handb. 563. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:51. 1856.