530 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Rousselet de Rheims. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:147, Pl. XI. 1768. 2. Bunyard 
Handb. Hardy Fr. 196. 1920. 
This pear is of very ancient and uncertain origin. Many authors have endeavored 
to trace it back to the days of the Romans. But Pliny and the other Latin horticulturists 
did not give descriptions of their fruits sufficiently technical to enable us to make identifi- 
cation of their varieties with ours certain. It is, however, clear that the Rousselet de 
Rheims has existed, particularly around the city of Reims, Fr., for some centuries. Fruit 
small, turbinate, regular in form, rarely very obtuse, bright green or yellow-green, sprinkled 
with large and small gray-russet dots and extensively shaded with reddish-brown on the 
side opposed to the sun; flesh white, fine or semi-fine, almost melting, not very juicy, rich 
in sugar, acidulous, refreshing, highly perfumed; one of the best early pears for dessert, 
very good for candying; Sept. 
Rousselet de Rheims Panaché. 1. Leroy Dicz. Pom. 2:597, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit 
Man. 639. 1884. 
A variety similar in all respects to the preceding, of which it is a bud sport, except 
that the leaves and fruit are striped with yellow and green. Its propagation antedates 
1830. 
Rousselet Royal. 1. Guide Prat. 104. 1876. 
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit medium; first; 
Sept. 
Rousselet Saint Nicolas. 1. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 13, fig. 103. 1866-73. 
Obtained by M. Bivort. Fruit small, turbinate-ventriculous, gray-green tinted with 
yellow, sprinkled with large brown or green dots, numerous and evenly distributed, changing 
at maturity to pale yellow, the side exposed to the sun being washed with brown-red on 
which are blackish-red dots; flesh yellowish, very fine, melting, rather gritty at the center, 
full of sweet juice, saccharine, agreeably perfumed; good; Oct. 
Rousselet Saint-Quentin. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:53, fig. 507. 188r. 
De Quentin. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 635. 1884. 
Gained by M. Van Dooren, a former director of the middle school at Namur, Bel. 
Fruit small or medium on a pruned tree, globular-ovate or globular-conic, symmetrical 
in its contour, somber green sprinkled with large, widely spaced gray dots, changing to 
yellow, and well colored with brownish-red on the side next the sun; flesh white, slightly 
greenish, fine, buttery; juice sufficient, saccharine, having the characteristic perfume of 
the Rousselets; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Rousselet Saint Vincent. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:296. 1850. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:598, 
fig. 1869. 
The origin of this pear is uncertain. It seems probable to Leroy that it was raised 
by Van Mons. In this country it was placed on the Rejected List by the second Congress 
of Fruit Growers at New York in 1850. Fruit above medium, globular-ovate, irregular 
in outline especially at the summit, bright yellow, dotted with russet; flesh white, fine, 
juicy, saccharine, acidulous, of a delicate flavor though not recalling in the least that of 
the Rousselets; first; Oct. 
