846 THE PEAK. 



ROUSSELET DE JONGHE. 



Fruit small, curved obovate, uneven and irregular in its outline. 

 Skin smooth lemon color. Calyx very large, open. Flesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, firm, melting, juicy, rich, sugary. November, December, 

 ("ogg.) 



ROUSSELET DE RhEIMS. 



Rousselet. Rousselet Miisque. 



Petit Rousselet. Late Catherine 



Spice or Musk Pear. Autumn Catherine. 



This French Pear, oi'iginally from Rheims, is supposed to have been 

 the parent of our Seckel. There is a pretty strong resemblance in the 

 color, form, and flavor of the two fruits, but the Seckel is much the 

 nu).st delicious. The growth is quite different, and this Pear has re- 

 markably long and thrifty dai'k brown shoots. It is sugary, and with a 

 })eculiarly aromatic, spicy flavor, and if it were only buttery and melt- 

 ing, would be a first-rate fruit. 



Fruit small, obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellowish green, 

 with brownish red and russefcy specks. Flesh breaking or half buttery, 

 with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavor. Ripe at the beginning of Septem- 

 ber, subject to rot at the core. 



Rousselet Enfant Prodigue. 



Nectarine ? Enfant Prodigue. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Ti-ee vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin thick and rough, green, covered 

 w ith russet, sometimes with a sunny cheek. Stalk of medium length, 

 in an inclined cavity. Calyx large. Basin shallow. Flesh yellowish, 

 juicy, granular, with a vinous flavor, highly perfumed wdth musk. Good. 

 October, November. 



Rousselet Esperen. 

 Rousselet Double. 



Tree veiy vigorous, and very productive 



Fruit medium, obovate pyriform. Skin yellow, with reddish gi'ay 

 and white dots, and covered with russet around calyx and stalk. Flesh 

 whitish, half fine, half melting, juicy, sugaiy, vinous, and perfumed. 

 Good. September. 



Rousselet Hatip, 



Early Catharine. Early Rousselet. 



Kattern. Perdreau. 



Cyprus Pear. Poire de Chypre. 



The Rousselet Hatif is productive, with long slender branches, of 

 dark dull reddish brown color. 



Fruit rather small, acute pyriform. Skin, when fully ripe, yellow, 

 with a brownish-red check. Flesh a little coarse-grained, sweet, plea- 

 sant, and slightly perfumed. Ripens the middle of August. Apt to 

 rot at the core. 



