524 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



brisk, subacid flavor, vinous, resembles Brown Beurre" ; promised to be very good, one of the 



best; Oct. and Nov. 



Rosalie Wolters. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 



Published in 1878. Fruit medium, oblong, whitish yellow; flesh yellowish, fine, very 

 saccharine; first; Oct. 

 Rosanne. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:69, fig. 227. 1879. 



Origin unknown ; Diel states he had received it from Strasland, Prussia. Fruit medium, 

 ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in contour, green marked with gray dots, changing at maturity 

 to li mon-yellow, extensively washed on the side next the sun with wine red, over which 

 are scattered numerous very distinct, brighter-red dots, giving the pear a great resemblance 

 to Vermont Beauty ; flesh whitish, rather fine, buttery ; juice somewhat deficient but pleas- 

 antly acid; good; mid-Aug. 

 Rose Doyenne. 1. Thomas .4m. Fruit Cult. 713. 1897. 



Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow and crimson; flesh coarse, granular, flavor poor,, 

 rots at core; Oct. 

 Rose Water. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



An old English pear. Fruit medium, globular, rough skin, brownish-red; flesh break- 

 ing, of a fine and delicate flavor; of fair quality but superseded; mid-Sept. 

 Rosenhofbirne. 1. Loschnig Moslbirnen 92, fig. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, globular-oblate; skin tough, shining 

 yellow when ripe, blushed slightly on the sunny side, with numerous fine dots ; flesh yellow- 

 white, coarse-grained, juicy, very astringent; Oct. 

 Rosenwasserbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:41. 1856. 



Rheinfalz, Bavaria. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, even in outline; tender skin, 

 green turning yellowish-white, without dots, often flecked with dark specks; flesh juicy, 

 with a rose-like aroma, very white, semi-melting, very good; mid-Aug. 

 Rosinenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:73. 1856. 



On the Rhine, Ger., 1802. Fruit small, globular-flattened, light green turning to 

 yellow-green, without any blush, covered with small dots and russet on the side next the 

 sun, often flecked with dark russet; flesh breaking, fine, very sweet and aromatic; third 

 for dessert and first for kitchen; Nov. 

 Roslyn. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 844. 1869. 



A wilding found on the land of W. C. Bryant, Roslyn, L. I. Fruit medium, almost 

 spherical, yellow, netted, patched and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, 

 slightly vinous; good to very good; end of Aug. 

 Ross. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 165. 1841. 



A seedling introduced by Thomas Andrew Knight in 1832. Fruit large, obovate, 

 yellowish-green interspersed with russet; flesh inclining to yellow, gritty near the center, 

 rich, juicy, saccharine; second-class dessert pear; Jan. 



Rossney. 1. Pioneer Nurs. Co. Cat. fig. 1898. 2. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 402, PL LII. 

 1904. 



Raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, from a mixed lot of Winter Nelis and Bartlett seed 

 planted for stocks by William Woodberry about 1881, and introduced by the Pioneer 



