842 THE PEAR. 



HEINE DES POIRES. 



A French. Pear, of poor quality. 



Fruit medium or above, obovate pyriform. Skin pale yellow, shaded 

 and mottled with crimson in the sun. Flesh white, coarse, breaking, 

 not juicy. Scarcely good except for cooking. October. 



REINE VICTORIA. 



Supposed a seedling of Van Mons'. 



Fruit medium, obovate acute pyriform, greenish yellow, with shades 

 and patches of fawn. Flesh white, tinted with rose, fine a melting, juicy, 

 sweet. December. (Alb. Pom.) 



RETOUR DE ROME. 



One of Yan Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous. Young wood reddish 

 brown, with oblong white specks. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate acute pyriform. 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. 

 Good. September. 



REYNAER BEERNAERT. 



One of Yan Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous. 



Fruit medium, roundish pyriform. Skin golden yellow, dotted with 

 red. Flesh melting, juicy, sweet. December. (Soc. Y. M.) 



RICHARDS. 



Origin, Wilmington, Del. Tree moderately vigorous. Young wood 

 olive brown. 



Fruit medium, obovate acute pyriform. Skin yellow, with nu- 

 merous small russet dots, and traces and patches of russet. Stalk of 

 medium length, curved, inserted by a fleshy ring in a slight depression. 

 Calyx partially closed. Basin very small. Flesh buttery, melting, 

 granulated, with a sweet, pleasant, vinous flavor. Good. Ripens first 

 of October. 



RIDELLE'S. 

 Poire Ritelle. 



Tree of moderate vigor, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate turbinate, remotely pyriform. Skin yellow, 

 covered nearly all over with bright red. Stalk short. Calyx open. 

 Flesh not very fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor. 

 Scarcely good. September. 



