51 6 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



2d, 1867. The pear had been imported by Professor Mapes and the name lost, and at a 

 previous meeting the Committee had named it Quinn. Fruit below medium, pyriform, 

 tapering rapidly toward the stem end; skin inclined to golden-russet; flesh rich and juicy 

 and in flavor and aroma occupies the first rank; good; Jan. and keeps till Mar. 

 Rainbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2: 166. 1856. 



Hesse, Ger., 1816. Fruit medium, ovate, somewhat swelled; skin polished, pale light 

 green turning to lemon-yellow, without any red blush, sprinkled with numerous fine light 

 brown dots, fine russet on the side next the sun; flesh granular, vinous and highly aromatic; 

 first for culinary use; mid-Oct. 

 Rallay. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 382. 1854. 



An old variety of unknown origin. Fruit small to medium, globular-acute-pyriform; 

 skin rough, dull yellow, dull reddish cheek, dotted all over with russet; flesh yellowish- 

 white, breaking, juicy, gritty; good; Nov. and Dec. 

 Rameau. 1. Am. P<>m. Soc. f\pt. 239. 1854. 2. Lcroy Diet. Pom. 2:572, fig. 



Silbera hinw. 3. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856. 



A seedling of Van Mom distinct from Besi des Veterans. Fruil Hum, oblong- 



oval; skin thick, rough, greenish, gray or bronzed on sunny side, stained and dotted with 

 dark russet; flesh yellowish-white, very fine, melting, juicy, sweet, acidulous, aromatic; 

 inferior. 

 Ramilies. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 165. 1841. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 195. 1920. 



Described in 1842 in the London Horticultural Society's Catalog of Fruits. Fruit 

 large, obo\ obscured with russet, red next the sun, beautiful in appearance ; 



flesh breaking; very good for cooking; Nov. to Feb. 

 Rankin. 1. Van Lindley Xurs. Cat. 53. 1913. 



Introduced by J. Van Lindley Nursery Company about 1905 and said to be a seedling 

 of Duchesse d'Angoulcme picked up from the side of the Southern Railway by W. H. 

 Rankin, Guilford County, N. C. Tree strong, hardy. Fruit similar to Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme but two weeks earlier. 

 Rannaja. 1. Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1880. 



Imported by Professor Budd from the northern steppes of Russia, where the sum- 

 mers are fully as dry and hot and the winters far more severe than those of Iowa; said 

 to unite well with the apple when root or top grafted. 

 Rapelje. 1. Horticulturist 1:239, fig- 62. 1846. 



A native variety introduced by Professor Stephens, Astoria, Long Island. Fruit 

 medium, obovate, sometimes obtuse, and sometimes acute-pyriform, yellowish, covered 

 with cinnamon-russet; flesh whitish, somewhat granular, juicy, melting, with a sweet, 

 vinous, aromatic flavor; variable, sometimes poor; Sept. 

 Rastlerbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 18, fig. 1913. 



Found in Northern Tyrol and the Austrian Province of the Voralberg. Fruit large, 

 globular-turbinate, almost acute, green turning yellow-green when ripe, faintly blushed; 

 flesh granular, greenish-white ; a very good perry pear and suitable for baking ; Oct. and Nov. 

 Rateau Blanc. 1. Pom. France 4: No. 155, PI. 155. 1865. 



A variety of unknown origin, but cultivated from very early times in the Gironde, Fr., 



