THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 521 



Richardson, i. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 570. 1885. 



Fruit rather large, obovate; flesh melting, sprightly, pleasant; Oct. 

 Riche Depouille. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:205. l8 3 2 - 



A French variety introduced early in the last century. Its name may be translated 

 Rich-skinned. Fruit large, oblong-obovate, rather irregular in its outline and resembling 

 in form the Saint Germain, clear lemon-yellow, with a tinge of scarlet on the side exposed 

 to the sun, a little mottled with russet, and the whole skin rough like the skin of an orange; 

 flesh white, melting, without perfume but sweet and pleasant; late autumn or winter. 

 Ridelle. I. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1845. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. 



Shown at the seventeenth annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society in September, 1845, by the President of the Society. Fruit medium, oblate- 

 turbinate, remotely pyriform, yellow covered nearly all over with bright red; flesh semi- 

 fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor; scarcely good; Sept. 

 Riocreux. i. Guide Prat. 104. 1876. 



Probably French. Fruit rather large, like Calebasse in form, symmetrical, yellowish- 

 green; flesh fine, extremely melting, juicy, with an exquisite perfume; first; Aug. and Sept. 

 Ritson. i. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 175, figs. 1914. 



Originated at Oshawa, Ontario, Can. W. E. Wellington stated that his grandmother, 

 Mrs. John Ritson, planted the seeds from a pear sent to her from Boston, and that the tree 

 had stood on the homestead as long as he could remember. Fruit medium, obovate- 

 pyriform, usually one-sided, yellow, shaded with golden-russet and numerous minute dots 

 of a darker hue; flesh medium, creamy-white, fine, tender, buttery, juicy, sweet, delicately 

 perfumed; dessert, very good to best; Oct. 

 Ritter. i. Mag. Hart. 23:106. 1857. 



Dr. Brinckle, chairman of the Committee on Native Fruits of the American Pomologi- 

 cal Society, reported in 1857 that specimens had been received from Louis Ritter, Reading, 

 Pa. The tree from which they were obtained was purchased in the spring of 185 1 for Seckel, 

 but the tree instead of having a rounded head is pyramidal in growth. Fruit small, obovate, 

 greenish-yellow, a good deal russeted, with occasionally a faint brown cheek; flesh fine 

 texture, melting and buttery, saccharine, with the full Seckel aroma; best; Oct. 

 Rival Dumont. i. Guide Prat. m. 1876. 



Fruit rather large, oval-turbinate, russet washed with yellow; flesh melting, buttery- 

 juicy, aromatic; first; Nov. and Dec. 

 Rivers, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:583, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 637. 1884. 



A delicious pear raised in 1864 by Leroy at Angers, Fr., and dedicated by him to Thomas 

 Rivers, the distinguished English pomologist. Fruit medium, turbinate, regular in out- 

 line, greenish, dotted with brown and almost entirely covered with bright brown-russet; 

 flesh very melting, white, fine, juicy, saccharine, vinous, refreshing, with a delicate musky 

 perfume; first; Sept. 

 Robert Hogg. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:584, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 637. 1884. 



Raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr., and named after Doctor Robert Hogg, the English 

 horticulturist. It first fruited in 1868. Fruit above medium, ovate, more or less irregular 

 and generally rather swelled in its lower part; skin slightly rough, rather deep green, much 



