THE PEAR. 



843 



Rivers' Winter Beurre. 



Winter Beurre (Rivers). 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, England. Tree moderately vigorous, 

 spreading, an early and abundant bearer. Young wood dull yellow 

 brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish elongated pyriform. Skin greenish, rough, 

 spotted, netted, and patched with russet. Stalk stout, curved, inclined at 

 its insertion. Calyx partially closed, set in a shallow irregular basin. 

 Flesh white, fine-grained, gritty at core, melting, buttery, vinous or sub- 

 acid. Good. January, February. 



Roe's Bergamot. 



Raised by William Roe, Newburgh, N. Y. Tree moderately vigo- 

 rous, very productive. Young wood reddish yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, oblate or Bergamotte-shaped. Skin smooth, yellow, 

 with minute yellow dots in the shade, mottled and clouded with red 

 on the sunny side. Stalk short, inserted in a narrow, abrupt cavity. 

 Calyx small, with short stiff segments, set in a narrow basin. Flesh 

 rather coarse, melting, with a sweet, rich, brisk, well-perfumed flavor. 

 The flavor of this excellent new Pear is extremely like Gansel's Ber- 

 gamotte, but much more sugary. Good to very good. September. 



Roi d'3£te. 



G-ros Rousselet. Large Rousselet. 



Great Rousselet. The Rousselet. 



Russelet. King of Summer. 



An old variety, of little value. 



Fruit medium, obovate pyriform, pale green, dull red in the sun, 

 with numerous gray russet}^ specks. Flesh half buttery, melting, 

 agreeable subacid. Last of August. (Lind.) 



Roi de Rome. 



This variety was found in a province of Hainault, Belgium, by M. 

 l'Abbe Duquesnes, and first fruited in 1810. Under the name of Roi de 

 Rome, the Napoleon has been repeatedly received in this country, but, as 

 described in the Annals of Pomology, is entirely a distinct fruit. 



Fruit very large, regular, oblong ovate pyriform. Skin clear yellow, 

 marbled with crimson in the sun, specked with russet, and dotted with 

 many small gray dots. Stalk short, set with little or no cavity, but 

 surrounded with slight furrows. Flesh yellowish white, half fine, melt- 

 ing, juicy, sweet, agreeable. October, November. 



ROITELET. 



A Flemish Pear. 



Fruit small, roundish, yellow, netted, shaded, and sprinkled with 

 russet. Flesh whitish, half melting, juicy, sweet. Good. September. 



