THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 525 
Nurseries Company, Salt Lake City, in 1898. Fruit medium to large, oval-pyriform, 
somewhat angular and ribbed towards the apex, golden yellow, blushed with scarlet and 
thinly overspread with a bluish-white bloom; dots numerous, minute, russet; stem rather 
long, moderately stout; calyx closed; flesh yellowish, buttery, juicy, suwbacid; good; ten 
days later than Bartlett. 
Rostiezer. 1. Manning Book of Fruits 72. 1838. 
Origin uncertain. It was, however, received from A. N. Baumann, Bollweiler, 
Alsace, by R. Manning, Salem, Mass., in 1834 or 1835. Often called Early Seckel in the 
west. Fruit medium or below, pyriform, regular in form, grass-green on the shaded side, 
reddish on the exposed face and sprinkled with small gray dots; flesh greenish-white, fine, 
melting, rather granular below the core; juice very abundant, vinous, acidulous, very 
saccharine, with a most delicate flavor; first; last of Aug. 
Rote Hanglbirne. 1. Léschnig Mosibirnen 196, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small to medium, spherical; skin tough, lemon-yellow 
when ripe, no blush, dotted with russet; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, juicy, sub- 
acid; very good for transportation; Nov. 
Rote Holzbirne. 1. Loschnig Mositbirnen 108, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, greenish to citron- 
yellow, slightly blushed on the sunny side and densely dotted with cinnamon; flesh yellowish, 
rather coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid; Oct. 
Rote Kochbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 200, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, globular-turbinate, greatest diameter at center, 
flat at base; skin tough, rough, grayish-green, dull blush on the exposed side; flesh yellowish- 
white, very firm, juicy, excessively astringent, subacid; Nov. and Dec. 
Rote Pilchelbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 52, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear of second quality. Fruit fairly large, pyriform-obtuse, also 
conic, golden yellow when ripe, red on the sunny side, plentifully sprinkled with small 
dots; flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, very juicy, with subacid flavor; Sept. and Oct. 
Rote Scheibelbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 94, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small to fairly large, flattened-globular, symmetrical 
in outline, smooth, polished, dark green changing to greenish-yellow, blushed on the sunny 
side, densely and finely dotted; flesh whitish, coarse, with an aroma peculiar to itself, 
subacid and very juicy; Oct. 
Rote Winawitz. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 204, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small to medium, turbinate to pyriform, very variable; 
skin firm and rough, yellow when ripe, without any blush, dotted with numerous fine, 
russet spots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid, aromatic; Oct. and Nov. 
Rotfleischige Mostbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 220, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, globular-turbinate, calyx end flat, leaf-green, 
dotted with russet and flecked with red; flesh under the skin firm but near the core softer, 
coarse-grained, juicy, subacid; Oct. to mid-Nov. 
Rothbackige Sommerzuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:49. 1856. 
Germany, 1801. Fruit small, pyriform, smooth, pale green turning to shining lemon- 
