52O THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Reuterbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856. 



Nassau, Prussia, 1807. Fruit almost small, ovate, ventriculous, uneven in outline, 

 pale yellow-green turning to light lemon-yellow, often covered with thin russet on the side 

 of the sun; flesh dense, juicy, wanting in flavor, sweet and acidulous; third for dessert, 

 first for household ; Oct. 

 Rewell. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629. 



" The good Rewell is a reasonable great peare, as good to bake as to eate rawe, and 

 both wayes it is a good fruit." 

 Reymenans. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:152. 1856. 



A Van Mons seedling. Belgium, 1825. Fruit small, turbinate-globular, even in 

 contour, light green turning to lemon-yellow, without any red blush, sprinkled with fine 

 dots, with delicate russet on the cheek next the sun; skin without scent; flesh semi- 

 melting, sweet, aromatic; second for dessert, first for household and market; Feb. and Mar. 

 Reynaert Beernaert. i. Mag. Hort. 26:220. 1860. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:21, fig. 395. 

 1880. 



Obtained by M. Bivort, director of the Society Van Mons, Bel. Fruit medium or 

 nearly large, globular, flattened at both poles, regular in contour; skin rather thick, water- 

 green, sprinkled with numerous large and regularly-spaced, gray dots, turning at maturity 

 to dull yellowish-green and the side next the sun golden or orange colored; flesh whitish, 

 coarse, semi-melting, wanting in juice and sugar, vinous but without appreciable perfume; 

 second; Nov. 

 Rheinische Bime. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:6. 1856. 



Westphalia, a province of Prussia, 1802. Fruit large, ovate, light green turning pale 

 yellow, without any blush, strongly dotted; flesh breaking, juicy, aromatic; first for house- 

 hold use; Oct. 

 Rheinische Herbstapothekerbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:178. 1856. 



Nassau, Prussia, 1805. Fruit very large, conic, often very irregular in form, light 

 yellow-green turning to pale light yellow, often stained blood-red, covered with very 

 numerous and minute spots, speckled and marked with russet; flesh whitish, granular, 

 semi-melting, sweet and aromatic; second for table, first for cooking. 

 Rheinische Paradiesbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:169. 1856. 



Thuringia, Ger., 1801. Fruit large, conic, yellow, blushed and streaked with light 

 red, dotted with yellow; flesh yellow, gritty around the center, sweet; third for the table, 

 first for culinary use; end of Oct. and Nov. 

 Rhenser Schmalzbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:63. 1856. 



The German Rhineland, 1833. Fruit fairly large, pyriform, smooth, yellow, blushed 

 with blood-red, covered with fine dots; flesh yellowish, breaking, sweet, aromatic; third 

 for dessert, first for kitchen; Jan. to Mar. 

 Richards, i. Mag. Hort. 22:540. 1856. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. 



Originated at Wilmington, Del. It was placed on the list of the American Pomological 

 Society in 1856 at its biennial session at Rochester. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyri- 

 form, yellow sprinkled with numerous small russet dots and patches of russet; flesh buttery, 

 melting, granular, with a sweet, pleasantly vinous flavor; good; Oct. 



