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25. ROTJSSELET HATIF. O. Duh. Thomp. 



Early Catherine. Coxe. Early Rousselet. Lind. 



Kattern, of Boston. Perdreau. 



Cyprus Pear. Poire de Chypre. Pott. 



The Rousselet Hatif, better known in our markets as the 

 Early Catherine Pear, though not a first rate fruit, has good 

 qualities as an early variety. It bears very heavy crops as soon 

 as the tree is well grown, when its willowy limbs bend with the 

 weight of the fruit. It is, therefore, profitable for the market. 

 The fruit is thought better when ripened on the tree. 



Fruit rather small, pyriform, the neck narrowing into the 

 somewhat fleshy stalk, which is one, to one and a half inches 

 long. Skin when fully ripe, yellow, with a brownish red cheek. 

 Calyx small, placed in a shallow basin. Flesh tender, a little 

 coarse grained, sweet, pleasant, and slightly perfumed. Ripens 

 the last of July. Young shoots stout, olive coloured. 



26. ROUSSELET DE RHEIMS. O. Duh. Thomp. 



Rousselet 



Petit Rousselet. Noit. 



Spice or Musk Pear. 



This nice French pear, ori- 

 ginally from Rheims, is sup- 

 posed to have been the parent 

 of our Seckel. There is a 

 pretty strong resemblance in 

 the colour, form, and flavour 

 of the two fruits, but the 

 Seckel is much the most de- 

 licious. The growth is quite 

 different, and this pear has 

 remarkably long and thrifty 

 dark brown shoots. It is su- 

 gary, and with a peculiarly 

 aromatic, spicy flavour, and 

 if it were only buttery, would 

 be a first rate fruit. 



Fruit below medium size, 

 obovate, inclining to pyriform. 

 Skin yellowish-green on the 

 shady side, but nearly cover- 

 ed with brownish red, with 

 russetty specks. Stalk rather 

 more than an inch long, cur- 

 ved, and inserted without de- F ig. 140. Rousselet de Rheims. 

 pression. Calyx spreading, set even with the fruit. Flesh 



