Turnep. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
“The Turnep pear is a hard winter peare, not so good to eat rawe, as it is to bake.”
Twice flowering Pear-tree. 1. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Gard. Bot. 1778.
“It often produces blossom twice a year, the first in the spring, and the second in autumn, so is preserved in many gardens as a curiosity.” Classified as an autumn pear.
Tyler. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5. 1843. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 869. 1869.
Probably one of Gov. Edwards’ seedlings which originated at New Haven, Conn., about 1840. Tree moderately vigorous; young wood reddish-yellow-brown. Fruit below medium, roundish-pyriform, yellow, netted and patched and dotted with russet; stem long, slender, in a moderate cavity, surrounded by russet; calyx open; basin shallow and uneven; flesh white, coarse, granular, buttery, melting, juicy, brisk, vinous; fair to good; Oct.
Ulatis. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920.
A seedling of Bartlett originated by R. E. Burton, Vacaville, Cal., and introduced in 1916. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellow; flesh white, fine, sweet; good; Sept.
Unterlaibacher Mostbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 142, fig. 69. 1913.
This perry pear is a native of Carniola and probably gets its name from the city of Laibach in that region. Tree of moderate growth, upright, tall, with strong wood, a late and alternate bearer, long-lived. Fruit round, large, greenish-yellow, russeted about the calyx end, finely dotted; calyx open, wide; basin shallow; stem short, thick, brownish-yellow, set at an angle; flesh yellowish-green, granular; Oct.