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READING. 



Large or above medium, pyriform, greenish yellow with numerous dots , 

 stem, medium, fleshy at base ; calyx, open ; segments, erect ; basin, very 

 shallow ; core, medium ; seed, dark brown; flesh, greenish white, juicy, 

 sprightly, vinous ; young shoots, slender, yellowish olive ; " good." 

 January to May. 



RETOUR DE ROME. 



Fruit, medium, oblate, very much depressed, obscurely pyriform, angular; 

 skin, yellowish, blotched with russet and thickly sprinkled with russet 

 dots ; stalk, short, and stout at its insertion in a small inclined cavity ; 

 calyx, partially closed, in a round, narrow basin ; flesh, whitish, coarse, 

 granular, melting, juicy, with a rich vinous flavor, slightly astringent! 

 September. 



RICHARDS. 



Origin, Wilmington, Delaware. Fruit, rather large, obovate oblate pyri- 

 form ; skin, yellow, with numerous small russet dots ; stalk, of medium 

 length, curved, inserted by a fleshy ring in a slight depresion; calyx, par- 

 tially closed ; basin, very small ; flesh, buttery, juicy, melting, granulated, 

 with a sweet, pleasant, vinous flavor. Ripens first of October. 



RIDELLE'S. 



Beurr6 Audusson, | Poire Ritelle. 



Tree, of moderate vigor, reddish brown shoots ; productive. Fruit, 

 medium, oblate turbinate, remotely pyriform ; skin, yellow, covered nearly 

 all over with bright red ; stalk, short,, fleshy at its insertion by a lip ; calyx, 

 open, in a very shallow basin ; flesh, not very fine, rather juicy, not melt- 

 ing or delicate in flavor. September. 



ROE'S BERGAMOTTI:. 



Raised by William Roe, Newburgh, N. Y. Tree, moderately vigorous, 

 very productive. 



Fruit, medium, oblate or Bergamotte-shaped, somewhat angular and irre- 

 gular ; skin, smooth, yellow, with minute yellow dots in the shade, mottled 

 and clouded with red on the sunny side ; stalk, short, inserted in a narrow, 

 abrupt cavity ; calyx, small, with short, stiff segments, set in a narrow 

 basin ; flesh, rather coarse, melting, with a sweet, rich, brisk, well-per- 

 fumed flavor; core, large. The flavor of this excellent new pear is ex- 

 tremely like Gansel's Bergamotte, but much more sugary. September. 

 (Downing.) 



RONDELET. 



Foreign. Tree, upright, thrifty, good bearer, suited to orcharding. 

 Fruit, small, obovate, yellow, dotted with russet, red in sun ; stem, slender ; 

 calyx, erect, long segments : core, medium ; flesh, yellowish white, buttery, 

 juicy, sugary, aromatic: nearly " best." October. 



ROPES. 



American. Its name from that of the gentleman in whose garden it ori- 

 ginated at Salem, Mass. Fruit, small, oblong obovate, brownish russet, 

 tinged with red in sun : stem, short, rather stout ; calyx, small, open , 

 core, small ; flesh, yellowish, rather coarse, melting ; " good." October. 



