THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 531 



Rousselet de Stuttgardt. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 39. 1884. 



Des Chewiers de Stuttgardt. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:558, fig. 1867. 



Stuttgarier Geisshirtel. 3. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 289. 1881. 



It is said that this was a wilding found by a shepherd in the neighborhood of Stuttgart, 

 Ger., before 1779. Fruit below medium, pyriform, fine, tender, at first dark water-green 

 sprinkled with very numerous large dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow-green, 

 tinged on the side next the sun with brownish-red on which the dots become yellow; the 

 surface is covered with a characteristic sort of grayish-white bloom which passes to a rosy- 

 violet on the bright parts; flesh greenish, not very fine but tender, buttery, sufficiently 

 juicy, aromatic; first; Aug. 

 Rousselet Thaon. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:73, fig. 229. 1879. 



The Bulletin of the Van Mons Society appears to indicate that Rousselet Thaon 

 was a gain of M. Bivort. Fruit small, short-turbinate, symmetrical in outline; skin thick, 

 firm, bright green dotted with darker green changing to pale yellow, the side next the sun 

 being more golden and washed with brown-red on fruits well exposed; flesh white, coarse, 

 semi-buttery; juice moderate in amount but saccharine and perfumed with musk; second; 

 Sept. and Oct. 

 Rousselet Theuss. I. Mas Le Verger 2:37, fig. 17. 1866-73. 



In his abridged descriptive Catalog published at Louvain in 1823 Van Mons stated 

 that the Rousselet Theuss was raised by him. Fruit small or nearly medium, ovate- 

 turbinate; skin rather thick and firm, at first bright water-green, sprinkled with gray- 

 green dots turning pale yellow and encrimsoned on the side next the sun, sometimes very 

 vividly on well-exposed fruits; flesh white, slightly yellow under the skin, semi-fine, melting, 

 full of saccharine juice, acidulous, well perfumed with the characteristic Rousselet scent; 

 owing to its excellence and beauty this pear deserves a place in the fruit garden as well 

 as in the large orchard; Aug. 

 Rousselet Vanderwecken. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:41, fig. 1855. 



Raised by M. Gre'goire, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree pyramidal, of good vigor, very pro- 

 ductive. Fruit small, turbinate to ovoid, yellow; stem short, curved, rather thick; calyx 

 large for the size of the fruit, open ; flesh white, fine, melting, very juicy, very sweet, musky, 

 strongly aromatic; first; Nov. 



Rousseline. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:153, PI- XV. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. Trees A m. 

 847. 1869. 



Merlet, the French pomologist, writing in 1675 appears to have been the first to 

 describe this pear and he said it was well named Rousseline being so similar to Rousselet 

 in the buttery character of its flesh and its extraordinarily musky flavor. Fruit below 

 medium, pyriform inclining to obovate, swollen in the middle and narrowing obtusely 

 toward the calyx and more acutely toward the stalk, dull green dotted with brown scales 

 and partly covered with large russet stains intermingled with gray mottlings; flesh white, 

 fine, semi-melting, some grit around the center; juice rarely abundant, highly saccharine, 

 vinous and musky; second; Nov. and Dec. 

 Rousselon. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:601, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees. Am. 847. 1869. 



This variety was gained by Major EspeYen of Mechlin, Bel.; it fruited for the 



