AUTUMN PEARS. 409 



160. ROUSSELET DE MOBSTER. Van Mons. Man. in H. M. 

 Ferdinand de Meester ? Nois. 



This is a seed- 

 ling of Dr. Van 

 Mons', and is a 

 very excellent 

 pear in this cli- 

 mate, the flesh 

 melting and su- 

 gary, though a 

 little rough. 



Fruit of medi- 

 um size, roundish, 

 somewhat flatten- 

 ed. Skin pale- 

 yellow, marked 

 with very light 

 russet dots, and 

 washed with pale 

 red next the sun. 

 Stalk an inch 

 and a half long, 

 rather slender, 

 and planted some- 

 what obliquely in, 

 or by the side of 

 the swollen, ab- 

 rupt end. Calyx 

 large, open, pla- 

 ced in a very 

 slight and irregu- 

 lar basin. Flesh Fig. 183. RousseOet de Meester. 

 juicy, melting, sugary and rich, but a little rough, which does 

 not prevent its being of excellent flavour. October. 



Rousselet de Meester is the name by which this fruit was re- 

 ceived, but we suspect that it is the Ferdinand de Meester, a 

 larger and better pear than the former sort, which was named 

 by Van Mons after his gardener. [See Annale's de la Society 

 d' Horticulture. Paris. Vol. 15, p. 362.] 



161. RAYMOND. Man. 



The Raymond is a native of Maine, and originated on the 

 farm of Dr. I. Wight, in the town of this name. It has a good 

 deal of the flavour of the White Doyenne, and is a productive 

 pear, often of the first quality, and if the tree were a little more 



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