PEARS. 499 



th^°RobSp' '''?'h/'p°v ^''^ n^'*'"" "Sl^l^'l"' "'"'°"g'' ^'' description is that of 

 the Kobine. The Bobine of Gibson, which he sajs is the same as that of Toume- 

 rTn^nin^^ veo^ diflferent pear from this, being larger and pyramidal, and from its 

 npenmg in October is in all probability the Robin of the Jardinier Franfai,. 



Koohefort. See Tonneau. 



Roi de Baviere. See Passe Golmar. 



Roi Jolimont. See Doyenne d'Ete. 



Roi Louis. See Large Blanquet. 



Roi de Wurtemberg. See aiou Morqeau. 



ROKEBY.— Fruit, small and obovate. Skin, shining, bright lemon- 

 yeUow m the shade, and with a crimson cheek next the sun. Eye, verv 

 smaU and closed. Stalk, very short. Flesh, very juicy and coarsely 

 flavoured. *' 



An inferior pear; ripe in the beginning of September, and which 

 rots at the core while the exterior is yet sound. 



Romische Angelikabirne. See Angelique de Rome. 



RONDELET.— Fruit, below medium size ; roundish. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, considerably covered with very fine and smooth pale brown 

 russet, having an orange tinge next the sun, and speckled with large 

 grey dots. Eye, generally wanting. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a 

 narrow cavity. Flesh, fine-grained, buttery and melting, very juicy, 

 rich, sugary, and with a powerful perfume of musk. 



A most delicious pear; ripe in the beginning and middle of No- 

 vember. The tree is quite hardy, an excellent bearer, and succeeds 

 well as a standard or pyramid. 



Ronville. See Martin Sire. 



Rose. See Summer Ease. 



ROSTEITZER.— Fruit, small, or below medium size; pyriform. 

 Skin, yellowish green, with reddish brown on the exposed side. Eye, 

 open, set in a shallow plaited basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, 

 not depressed. Flesh, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, and 

 aromatic. 



A first-rate early pear ; ripe in the end of August and beginning of 

 September. 



I received this from Messrs. Aug. Nap. Baumann, of Bolwyller, near Mulhausen, 

 in 1845. 



Rothe Bergamotte. See Bergamotte Rouge. 



Rothpunctirte Liebesbirne. See Ah ! Mon Dieu, 



ROUSSE LENCH — Fruit, large, three inches and three-quarters 

 long and two inches and a half wide ; oblong oval or pyriform, uneven 

 and undulating in its outline. Skin, pale green, changing to lemon- 

 yellow, with a slight russety covering. Eye, large and open, like that 

 of a Jargonelle! Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted without 



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