THE PEAR. 847 



ROUSSELET ST. NICHOLAS. 



A Belgian Pear, so far as we have seen it, of little value. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, yellow, shaded with crimson 

 in the sun, netted, patched, and dotted with russet. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, melting, sweet, vinous. November. 



ROUSSELET STUTTGART. 



Poire de Stuttgard. Chevriers de Stuttgardt. 



Stuttgarter Geishirtel. Bellisime de Provence. 



Originated in the environs of Stuttgardt in 1779. Tree a vigorous, 

 upright, healthy grower, and a good bearer. Young wood reddish 

 purple. 



Fruit below medium, pyriform. Skin greenish yellow, netted and 

 patched with russet, and sprinkled with russet and green dots, brownish 

 crimson in the sun. Stalk rather long, curved, enlarged at its insertion, 

 generally without depression. Calyx open. Basin shallow. Flesh 

 rather coarse, juicy, half melting, with a sweet, rich flavor, spicy aroma. 

 Ripe last of August. 



ROUSSELET YANDERWECKEN. 



Raised by M. Gregoire, of Jodoigne, Belgium. A pyramidal tree 

 of medium vigor, but very productive. 



Fruit small, varying in form from Doyenne to Bergamotte. Skin 

 yellow at time of maturity. Flesh white, fine, melting, juice abundant, 

 sugary, and strongly aromatic, like that of the Rousselet. Fruit quite 

 of first quality, and ripe first of November. (An. Pom.) 



ROUSSELINE. 

 Eusselin. 



An old variety, now superseded by larger and better Pea,rs. 



Fruit small, nearly globular. Pale yellow, shaded with red in sun, 

 and sprinkled with many russet dots. Flesh white, melting, sweet, 

 musky. Good. November. 



ROUSSELON. 



Raised by Major Esperen in 1846, and figured and described by L. 

 E. Berckmans in 1851. Tree of medium vigor, grows well as a pyramid. 



Fruit medium, shaped like a Doyenne. Skin citron yellow at matu- 

 rity, dotted with russet, and highly colored on the side of the sun. Flesh 

 fine, half melting, sufficiently juicy, sugary, vinous, with an agreeable 

 perfume. February. (An. Pom.) 



ROYAL. 



Peck's Seedling. 



A seedling raised by Thomas R. Peck, Waterloo, N. Y. Tree a vigo- 

 rous grower, productive. Young wood yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish pyriform. Skin yellow, mostly covered with 

 thin crimson russet, and a shade of crimson in the sun, sprinkled with 



