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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 rmall russet dots ; stalk, of medium 

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

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

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



RIDELLE'S. 



Beurrg Audusson, | Poire Eitellc. 



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 BERGAMOTTE. 



Raised by William ;oe, 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, butter}, 

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



ROPES. 



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

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

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

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



