524 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
brisk, subacid flavor, vinous, resembles Brown Beurré; promised to be very good, one of the 
best; Oct. and Nov. 
Rosalie Wolters. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 
Published in 1878. Fruit medium, oblong, whitish yellow; flesh yellowish, fine, very 
saccharine; first; Oct. 
Rosanne. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:60, fig. 227. 1879. 
Origin unknown; Diel states he had received it from Strasland, Prussia, Fruit medium, 
ovate-pyriform, symmetrical in contour, green marked with gray dots, changing at maturity 
to lemon-yellow, extensively washed on the side next the sun with wine red, over which 
are scattered numerous very distinct, brighter-red dots, giving the pear a great resemblance 
to Vermont Beauty; flesh whitish, rather fine, buttery; juice somewhat deficient but pleas- 
antly acid; good; mid-Aug. 
Rose Doyenné. 1. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 713. 1897. 
Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow and crimson; flesh coarse, granular, flavor poor, 
rots at core; Oct. 
Rose Water. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
An old English pear. Fruit medium, globular, rough skin, brownish-red; flesh break- 
ing, of a fine and delicate flavor; of fair quality but superseded; mid-Sept. 
Rosenhofbirne. 1. Loschnig Mosibirnen 92, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, globular-oblate; skin tough, shining, light 
yellow when ripe, blushed slightly on the sunny side, with numerous fine dots; flesh yellow- 
white, coarse-grained, juicy, very astringent; Oct. 
Rosenwasserbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:41. 1856. 
Rheinfalz, Bavaria. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, even in outline; tender skin, 
green turning yellowish-white, without dots, often flecked with dark specks; flesh juicy, 
with a rose-like aroma, very white, semi-melting, very good; mid-Aug. 
Rosinenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:73. 1856. 
On the Rhine, Ger., 1802. Fruit small, globular-flattened, light green turning to 
yellow-green, without any blush, covered with small dots and russet on the side next the 
sun, often flecked with dark russet; flesh breaking, fine, very sweet and aromatic; third 
for dessert and first for kitchen; Nov. 
Roslyn. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 844. 1869. 
A wilding found on the land of W. C. Bryant, Roslyn, L. I. Fruit medium, almost 
spherical, yellow, netted, patched and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, 
slightly vinous; good to very good; end of Aug. 
Ross. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 165. 1841. 
A seedling introduced by Thomas Andrew Knight in 1832. Fruit large, obovate, 
yellowish-green interspersed with russet; flesh inclining to yellow, gritty near the center, 
rich, juicy, saccharine; second-class dessert pear; Jan. 
Rossney. 1. Pioneer Nurs. Co. Cat. fig. 1898. 2. U.S. D.A. Yearbook 402, Pl. LIT. 
1904. 
Raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, from a mixed lot of Winter Nelis and Bartlett seed 
planted for stocks by William Woodberry about 1881, and introduced by the Pioneer 
