THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 519 



Reine d'Hiver. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 841. 1869. 



Fruit small, globular-oblate, yellow, with a brownish tinge on the cheek exposed to 

 the sun and with nettings, patches and dots of russet; flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, sweet, 

 pleasant; good; Nov. 



Reine des Poires. i. Manning Book of Fruits 84. 1828. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:581, 

 fig. 1869. 



The Count de Coloma came into possession of the garden of the Nunnery of the Riches- 

 Claires, Mechlin, Bel., directly after the suppression of the order in 1786 and two years 

 later made seed beds from which were raised, among other good varieties, the Reine des 

 Poires. Fruit below medium, turbinate-ovate but irregular in form; skin rather thick 

 and yet tender, green dotted with small brown points, changing to yellow, much covered 

 with a brownish-red russet; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting; juice abundant, saccharine 

 and acidulous, with an exquisite perfume; first; Oct. 

 Reine des Precoces. i. Mas Le Verger 2:201, fig. 99. 1866-73. 



Probably of Belgian origin. Fruit small, globular-turbinate or nearly globular, 

 regular in contour; skin thick, at first intense green sprinkled with numerous large, promi- 

 nent, gray-green dots; the basic green changes to yellow on the shaded side and intense 

 brownish-red on the side of the sun; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, a little gritty 

 at the center, little juice or sugar, rather agreeable; second; end of July. 

 Reine des Tardives. i. Guide Prat. 104. 1876. 



Published by M. Bruant in 1865. Fruit rather large, vivid yellow; flesh juicy, 

 saccharine; easily keeps till June. 

 Reine Victoria, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. 



Said to be a seedling from Van Mons. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow, with shades and patches of fawn; flesh white, tinted with rose, fine, melting, 

 juicy, sweet; Dec. 

 Reliance, i. Ga. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 24. 1890. 



Introduced by P. J. Berckmans to the Georgia State Horticultural Society and 

 accepted by that Society in 1890. It was raised from seed sown in 1857, and named 

 Reliance " because it bears every year." Fruit small; a dessert pear almost as good 

 as Seckel, rated as very good; summer season. 

 Remy Chatenay. i. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree healthy and of fair vigor, very fertile, 

 and suitable for all forms of cultivation. Fruit of the form and appearance of Beurre" 

 d'Arenberg though not so large or delicate; matures in the spring. 

 Rene Dunan. i. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895 and at Agassiz, British 

 Columbia and other Canadian Experiment Stations in 1900. The tree pyramidal and 

 very fertile. Fruit very large, lemon-yellow, vermilioned on the side of the sun; flesh fine, 

 melting, acidulous, recalling the flavor of the Beurre' Gris; Nov. and Dec. 

 Rettigbirne. i. Christ Handb. 527. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Fv.hr. Obstkunde 2:34. 1856. 



Of German origin. Reported in 1815. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, medium 

 ventriculous, light yellow, dotted with gray, and speckled with brown; flesh acid and aro- 

 matic; first for all ourposes; beginning of Sept. for three weeks. 



