Reported from the regions of Thuringia, Hesse, and Württemberg about 1799. Fruit medium in size, oblong-oval, bright yellow, dotted, thick-skinned; calyx star-shape; stem fleshy; flesh breaking, sweet; fair, a good commercial variety; Aug.
Texas. 1. Ragan Fr. Recom. by Am. Pom. Soc., B. P. I. Bul. 151:41. 1909.
This is a whitish-yellow, medium-large, pyriform pear of good quality, at one time considered promising along the Gulf Coast; said to have originated in Texas.
The Dean. 1. J. Van Lindley Cat. 34. 1899.
“A very large pear that has been bearing regularly near Oak Ridge, Guilford County, N. C., for more than 40 years. In appearance it resembles both Bartlett and Duchesse [d’Angoulême], and is as large as Duchesse and better in quality. Ripens between Bartlett and Duchesse, making a very valuable pear and of good quality.”
Theilersbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:195. 1856. 2. Löschnig Mostbirnen 174, fig. 1913.
A perry pear said to have appeared in Switzerland about 1848 as a wilding. Tree spreading, large, vigorous, strong, productive. Fruit small, ovate, yellowish-green becoming yellow, dotted strongly with russet; calyx open; stem medium long; flesh dull white, juicy, piquant, without aroma.
Theodor Körner. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:126. 1856.
A seedling raised by Van Mons of Belgium about 1851. Tree rather vigorous, an early and good bearer. Fruit medium to above, conic, greenish-yellow; calyx star-shaped; segments long; flesh melting, juicy, vinous; first; Sept.
Theodore. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:16. 1856.