754 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



PROLIFIC HAUTBOIS (Belle Bordelaise}. Fruit, below medium 

 size; conical. Seeds, prominent. Skin, light purple in the shade, 

 and blackish purple on the side next the sun. Flesh, firm, sweet, and 

 with the rich, peculiar flavour of the Hautbois. 



Prolific Pine. See Roseberry. 

 Reeves's Eclipse. See Eclipse. 



RICHARD THE SECOND. Fruit, medium sized; round, of a 

 dark red colour, almost black when highly ripened. Flesh, pale 

 scarlet, firm, but hollow round the core. 



An excellent strawberry, which forces well. It is an improved 

 variety of Black Prince, to which it is similar in form and colour, but 

 of larger size. 



RIFLEMAN. Fruit, large or very large ; ovate or cockscomb- 

 shaped, and corrugated. Skin, bright salmon-coloured. Seeds, pro- 

 minent. Flesh, solid, white, firm, juicy, richly flavoured. 



The plant is of vigorous habit of growth, and is an abundant 

 bearer. 



Rival Queen. See Myatt's Eliza. 



RIVERS'S ELIZA (Seedling Eliza). This is a seedling from 

 Myatt's Eliza, but rather more ovate in shape, and possessing all the 

 character and flavour of that excellent variety, and is a more abundant 

 bearer. 



ROSEBERRY (Aberdeen Seedling; Prolific Pine). Fruit, large; 

 conical and pointed. Seeds, deeply imbedded, with prominent ridges, 

 between them. Skin, dark red, becoming blackish as it ripens. Flesh, 

 pale scarlet, firm, with an agreeable flavour. 



ROSEBUD. Fruit, large ; ovate, and cockscomb-shaped, with a 

 shining neck. Skin, fine bright red. Flesh, richly flavoured. 



The plant is an excellent bearer, and the leaves have often four to 

 five leaflets. It forces well, and retains its richness of flavour. 



ROYAL HAUTBOIS. Fruit, much larger than any other variety 



of Hautbois ; of a purplish rose colour, and very richly flavoured. 



The plant is unusually fertile for a Hautbois, and is, indeed, the 

 only one of the race worth cultivating. 



Royal Pine. See Swainstone's Seedling. 



ROYALTY. Fruit, of medium size ; ovate, with a well-defined 

 neck ; the colour bright shining red. Flesh, pale red, solid, rich, and 

 very pleasant. Habit, robust. 



Raised by Mr. Trotman, of Isleworth, from a cross between Black Prince and 

 British Queen. 



