THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 531 
Rousselet de Stuttgardt. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 639. 1884. 
Des Chevuriers de Stuitgardt. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:558, fig. 1867. 
Stutigarier Geisshirtel. 3. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 289. 1881. 
It is said that this was a wilding found by a shepherd in the neighborhood of Stuttgart, 
Ger., before 1779. Fruit below medium, pyriform, fine, tender, at first dark water-green 
sprinkled with very numerous large dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow-green, 
tinged on the side next the sun with brownish-red on which the dots become yellow; the 
surface is covered with a characteristic sort of grayish-white bloom which passes to a rosy- 
violet on the bright parts; flesh greenish, not very fine but tender, buttery, sufficiently 
juicy, aromatic; first; Aug. 
Rousselet Thaon. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:73, fig. 229. 1879. 
The Bulletin of the Van Mons Society appears to indicate that Rousselet Thaon 
was a gain of M. Bivort. Fruit small, short-turbinate, symmetrical in outline; skin thick, 
firm, bright green dotted with darker green changing to pale yellow, the side next the sun 
being more golden and washed with brown-red on fruits well exposed; flesh white, coarse, 
semi-buttery; juice moderate in amount but saccharine and perfumed with musk; second; 
Sept. and Oct. 
Rousselet Theuss. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:37, fig. 17. 1866-73. 
In his abridged descriptive Catalog published at Louvain in 1823 Van Mons stated 
that the Rousselet Theuss was raised by him. Fruit small or nearly medium, ovate- 
turbinate; skin rather thick and firm, at first bright water-green, sprinkled with gray- 
green dots turning pale yellow and encrimsoned on the side next the sun, sometimes very 
vividly on well-exposed fruits; flesh white, slightly yellow under the skin, semi-fine, melting, 
full of saccharine juice, acidulous, well perfumed with the characteristic Rousselet scent; 
owing to its excellence and beauty this pear deserves a place in the fruit garden as well 
as in the large orchard; Aug. 
Rousselet Vanderwecken. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:41, fig. 1855. 
Raised by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree pyramidal, of good vigor, very pro- 
ductive. Fruit small, turbinate to ovoid, yellow; stem short, curved, rather thick; calyx 
large for the size of the fruit, open; flesh white, fine, melting, very juicy, very sweet, musky, 
strongly aromatic; first; Nov. 
Rousseline. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr.2:153, Pl. XV. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
847. 1869. 
Merlet, the French pomologist, writing in 1675 appears to have been the first to 
describe this pear and he said it was well named Rousseline being so similar to Rousselet 
in the buttery character of its flesh and its extraordinarily musky flavor. Fruit below 
medium, pyriform inclining to obovate, swollen in the middle and narrowing obtusely 
toward the calyx and more acutely toward the stalk, dull green dotted with brown scales 
and partly covered with large russet stains intermingled with gray mottlings; flesh white, 
fine, semi-melting, some grit around the center; juice rarely abundant, highly saccharine, 
vinous and musky; second; Nov. and Dec. 
Rousselon. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:601, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees. Am. 847. 1860. 
This variety was gained by Major Espéren of Mechlin, Bel.; it fruited for the 
