636 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



RED ORANGE (Orange Rouge). Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, 

 or roundish turbinate. Skin, smooth, bright green at first, changing 

 to yellowish green, and entirely covered on one side with beautiful 

 deep red, thickly covered with greenish dots on the shaded side, and 

 brownish red next the sun. Eye, small and open, with acute segments, 

 and set in a wide and rather deep basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, set in a small cavity, with frequently a fleshy prominence on 

 one side of it. Flesh, white, crisp, and very juicy, with a pleasant 

 sugary and musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in the end of August, but must be gathered 

 before it ripens on the tree, otherwise it becomes mealy. The tree is 

 vigorous either on the pear or quince, but is subject to canker ; an 

 abundant bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



RED PEAR. Fruit, quite small ; round, even, and regular in its 

 outline, inclining to turbinate. Skin, almost entirely covered with 

 rather bright red, except round the stalk and where it has been shaded, 

 and there it is yellow ; the whole surface is sprinkled with pale grey 

 russet dots. Eye, open, having clove-like segments, and set level with 

 the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, straight with 

 the axis, and set in a narrow shallow cavity. Flesh, quite yellow, firm, 

 dry, and gritty. 



A Herefordshire perry pear. 



Regentin. See Passe Colmar. 

 A la Reine. See Muscat Robert. 



REINE DES POIRES. Fruit, medium sized; obovate. Skin, 

 smooth, pale yellow, and dotted with russet on the shaded side, and 

 bright red next the sun. Eye. small and open, placed in a small, irre- 

 gular basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, and sweet. 



Ripe in October. 



RETOUR DE ROME. Fruit, above medium size, three inches 

 and a quarter long, and two inches and a half wide ; pyriform, even and 

 handsome in its shape. Skin, of a rough appearance, though not so to 

 the touch ; of a dull greenish grey colour, and much covered with large 

 russet specks the size of a pin's head. Eye, very small and open, 

 with small acute segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, slender, 

 curved, pale brown, woody, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 without depression on the narrow apex of the fruit, to which it is 

 attached by fleshy folds. Flesh, fine-grained, melting, very juicy, 

 with a rich and sprightly vinous flavour and a delicate aroma. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in the end of October. 



I received this from M. Papeleu, of Wetteren, in 1847, and it is quite distinct 

 from Nouveau Poiteau, with which some pomologists have found it synonymous. 



