This came from an ancient tree on the old family estate of an Emile Thibodeaux, in Vermilion Parish in Louisiana. Grafts have produced an excellent pear, according to Tom Becnel, who is propagating the tree in the New Orleans area. -- Ethan Natelson, Houston, Texas, February 2003.Not the same as European cultivars with similar name. Ragan (1908) notes Vermillion (of Haut) is an old European cultivar, and Vermillion or Vermilion is also a synonym for several other old cultivars including Brussels (Belle de Bruxelles of Downing, 1846), French Jargonelle (Vermilion d'ete), Wurtemburg (Vermillion d'ete), etc.