THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 521 
Richardson. 1. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 570. 1885. 
Fruit rather large, obovate; flesh melting, sprightly, pleasant; Oct. 
Riche Dépouille. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:205. 1832. 
A French variety introduced early in the last century. Its name may be translated 
Rich-skinned. Fruit large, oblong-obovate, rather irregular in its outline and resembling 
in form the Saint Germain, clear lemon-yellow, with a tinge of scarlet on the side exposed 
to the sun, a little mottled with russet, and the whole skin rough like the skin of an orange; 
flesh white, melting, without perfume but sweet and pleasant; late autumn or winter. 
Ridelle. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1845. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869. 
Shown at the seventeenth annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society in September, 1845, by the President of the Society. Fruit medium, oblate- 
turbinate, remotely pyriform, yellow covered nearly all over with bright red; flesh semi- 
fine, rather juicy, not melting or delicate in flavor; scarcely good; Sept. 
Riocreux. 1. Guide Prat. 104. 1876. 
Probably French. Fruit rather large, like Calebasse in form, symmetrical, yellowish- 
green; flesh fine, extremely melting, juicy, with an exquisite perfume; first; Aug. and Sept. 
Ritson. 1. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 175, figs. 1914. 
Originated at Oshawa, Ontario, Can. W. E. Wellington stated that his grandmother, 
Mrs. John Ritson, planted the seeds from a pear sent to her from Boston, and that the tree 
had stood on the homestead as long as he could remember. Fruit medium, obovate- 
pyriform, usually one-sided, yellow, shaded with golden-russet and numerous minute dots 
of a darker hue; flesh medium, creamy-white, fine, tender, buttery, juicy, sweet, delicately 
perfumed; dessert, very good to best; Oct. 
Ritter. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:106. 1857. 
Dr. Brincklé, chairman of the Committee on Native Fruits of the American Pomologi- 
cal Society, reported in 1857 that specimens had been received from Louis Ritter, Reading, 
Pa. The tree from which they were obtained was purchased in the spring of 1851 for Seckel, 
but the tree instead of having a rounded head is pyramidalin growth. Fruit small, obovate, 
greenish-yellow, a good deal russeted, with occasionally a faint brown cheek; flesh fine 
texture, melting and buttery, saccharine, with the full Seckel aroma; best; Oct. 
Rival Dumont. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Fruit rather large, oval-turbinate, russet washed with yellow; flesh melting, buttery- 
juicy, aromatic; first; Nov. and Dec. 
Rivers. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:583, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 637. 1884. 
A delicious pear raised in 1864 by Leroy at Angers, Fr., and dedicated by him to Thomas 
Rivers, the distinguished English pomologist. Fruit medium, turbinate, regular in out- 
line, greenish, dotted with brown and almost entirely covered with bright brown-russet; 
flesh very melting, white, fine, juicy, saccharine, vinous, refreshing, with a delicate musky 
perfume; first; Sept. 
Robert Hogg. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:584, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 637. 1884. 
Raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr., and named after Doctor Robert Hogg, the English 
horticulturist. It first fruited in 1868. Fruit above medium, ovate, more or less irregular 
and generally rather swelled in its lower part; skin slightly rough, rather deep green, much 
