638 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



ROKEBY. Fruit small, and obovate. Skin, shining, bright lemon- 

 yellow in the shade, and with a crimson cheek next the sun. Eye, very 

 small and closed. Stalk, very short. Flesh, very juicy and coarsely 

 flavoured. 



A worthless pear ; ripe in the beginning of September, and which 

 rots at the core while the exterior is yet sound. 



Romische Angelikabirne. See Angellque de Rome. 



RONDELET. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, considerably covered with very fine and smooth pale brown 

 russet, having an orange tinge next the sun, and speckled with large 

 grey dots. Eye, generally wanting. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a 

 narrow cavity. Flesh, fine-grained, buttery and melting, very juicy, 

 rich, sugary, and with a powerful perfume of musk. 



A most delicious pear ; ripe in the beginning and middle of No- 

 vember. The tree is quite hardy, an excellent bearer, and succeeds 

 well as a standard or pyramid. 



Ronville. See Martin Sire. 

 Rose. Summer Rose. 



ROSTEITZER. Fruit, small, or below medium size ; pryiform. 

 Skin, yellowish green, with reddish brown on the exposed side. Eye, 

 open, set in a shallow plaited basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, 

 not depressed. Flesh, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, and 

 aromatic. 



A first-rate early pear ; ripe in the end of August and beginning of 

 September. 



I received this from Messrs. Aug. Nap. Baumann, of Bolwyller, near Mulhausen, 

 in 1845. 



Rothe Bergamotte. See Bergamotte Rouge. 

 Rothpunctirte Liebesbirne. See Ah ! mon Dieu. 



ROUSE LENCH. Fruit, large, three inches and three-quarters 

 long, and two inches and a half wide ; oblong oval or pyriform, uneven 

 and undulating in its outline. Skin, pale green, changing to lemon- 

 yellow, with a slight russety covering. Eye, large and open, like that 

 of a Jargonelle. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, yellow, buttery, juicy, sugary, and pretty well 

 flavoured. 



Ripe in January and February. 



This was raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, and the name is derived from Rouse 

 Lench, an estate near Evesham, the residence of Mr. Knight's son-in-law. 



ROUSSELET ENFANT PRODIGUE. Fruit, above medium size; 

 obovate, somewhat bossed and undulating in its outline. Skin, clear 

 deep green, considerably covered with smooth brown russet. Eye, 



