520 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Reuterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856. 
Nassau, Prussia, 1807. Fruit almost small, ovate, ventriculous, uneven in outline, 
pale yellow-green turning to light lemon-yellow, often covered with thin russet on the side 
of the sun; flesh dense, juicy, wanting in flavor, sweet and acidulous; third for dessert, 
first for household; Oct. 
Rewell. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629. 
“The good Rewell is a reasonable great peare, as good to bake as to eate rawe, and 
both wayes it is a good fruit.” 
Reymenans. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:152. 1856. 
A Van Mons seedling. Belgium, 1825. Fruit small, turbinate-globular, even in 
contour, light green turning to lemon-yellow, without any red blush, sprinkled with fine 
dots, with delicate russet on the cheek next the sun; skin without scent; flesh semi- 
melting, sweet, aromatic; second for dessert, first for household and market; Feb. and Mar. 
Reynaert Beernaert. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:220. 1860. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:21, fig. 395. 
1880. 
Obtained by M. Bivort, director of the Society Van Mons, Bel. Fruit medium or 
nearly large, globular, flattened at both poles, regular in contour; skin rather thick, water- 
green, sprinkled with numerous large and regularly-spaced, gray dots, turning at maturity 
to dull yellowish-green and the side next the sun golden or orange colored; flesh whitish, 
coarse, semi-melting, wanting in juice and sugar, vinous but without appreciable perfume; 
second; Nov. 
Rheinische Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:6. 1856. 
Westphalia, a province of Prussia, 1802. Fruit large, ovate, light green turning pale 
yellow, without any blush, strongly dotted; flesh breaking, juicy, aromatic; first for house- 
hold use; Oct. 
Rheinische Herbstapothekerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:178. 1856. 
Nassau, Prussia, 1805. Fruit very large, conic, often very irregular in form, light 
yellow-green turning to pale light yellow, often stained blood-red, covered with very 
numerous and minute spots, speckled and marked with russet; flesh whitish, granular, 
semi-melting, sweet and aromatic; second for table, first for cooking. 
Rheinische Paradiesbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:169. 1856. 
Thuringia, Ger., 1801. Fruit large, conic, yellow, blushed and streaked with light 
red, dotted with yellow; flesh yellow, gritty around the center, sweet; third for the table, 
first for culinary use; end of Oct. and Nov. 
Rhenser Schmalzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:63. 1856. 
The German Rhineland, 1833. Fruit fairly large, pyriform, smooth, yellow, blushed 
with blood-red, covered with fine dots; flesh yellowish, breaking, sweet, aromatic; third 
for dessert, first for kitchen; Jan. to Mar. 
Richards. 1. Mag. Hort. 22:540. 1856. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. 
Originated at Wilmington, Del. It was placed on the list of the American Pomological 
Society in 1856 at its biennial session at Rochester. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyri- 
form, yellow sprinkled with numerous small russet dots and patches of russet; flesh buttery, 
melting, granular, with a sweet, pleasantly vinous flavor; good; Oct. 
