528 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Bel., in 1840. Fruit small, turbinate; skin smooth, 
bright green turning to lemon-yellow, shaded and mottled with russet-fawn especially on 
the side exposed to the sun, dotted with brown-black and brown-russet; flesh yellowish- 
white, fine, melting, semi-buttery: juice abundant, saccharine and agreeably perfumed 
recalling the scent of the Rousselets; good, suitable for large collections; Oct. to Jan. 
Rousselet Blanc. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:37, fig. 307. 1880. 
Raised by Van Mons and cataloged by him in 1823. Fruit rather small, globular- 
turbinate, even in contour, bright green, whitish, a few very small, bright, gray dots, 
no russet, at maturity it becomes pale yellow and the side next the sun is blushed extensively 
with bright blood-red, a white bloom covering the whole surface of the fruit and numer- 
ous very small dots of golden-yellow appearing on the red; flesh whitish, rather fine, semi- 
buttery; juice sufficient, sugary, vinous, with the agreeable perfume of the Rousselets; 
first; Aug. 
Rousselet de la Cour. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:589, fig. 18609. 
A wilding found on a farm which adjoined M. Leroy’s nurseries of La Cour at 
Angers, Fr. Fruit below medium, turbinate, regular, acute, one side usually larger than 
the other; skin rough and thick, bronzed all over and covered with gray or white dots; 
flesh white, fine, breaking, watery; juice abundant, saccharine, sourish, with an agreeable 
perfume; second; end of Sept. and beginning of Oct. 
Rousselet Decoster. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 845. 1869. 
Raised by Van Mons. ‘Tree of medium vigor but very weak on quince stock. Fruit 
small to medium, globular-ovate, pale yellow, mottled with golden-russet and tinted with 
brownish-red; flesh yellowish, buttery, very saccharine, with the characteristic perfume 
of the Rousselets; first; Oct. and Nov. 
Rousselet Doré d’Hiver. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:590, fig. 18609. 
Origin unknown, though Leroy, Angers, Fr., possessed it about 1845. Fruit below 
medium, variable in form, turbinate, slightly obtuse, or turbinate and spherical and nearly 
always larger on one side than on the other; skin thick and rough, shining, some bright 
and golden-russet, some small, brown and green spots; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting, 
juicy, saccharine, vinous, fairly well perfumed; second; Feb. and Mar. 
Rousselet Hatif. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:148. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
846. 1869. 
Early Rousselet. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 571. 1884. 
The origin of this pear is uncertain though it was probably French, for in 1600 it was 
under cultivation at Orléans, Fr., according to Le Lectier. Fruit small, pyriform, slightly 
obtuse, sides often unequal; skin fine, lemon-yellow on the shaded side, and vivid red 
sprinkled with gray spots on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, fine, semi-breaking 
and crisp; juice well perfumed, saccharine, abundant and aromatic; second; mid-July. 
Rousselet de Janvier. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:594, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
845. 1869. 
Gained by Alexandre Bivort, director of the nurseries of the Society Van Mons at 
Geest-Saint-Rémy, Bel., in 1848. Fruit medium, generally regular-ovate; skin slightly 
rough, lemon-yellow in the shade, washed with red-brown on the other cheek; flesh yellowish; 
