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THE PEAR. 



ROUSSELET DE JONGHE. 



Fruit small, curved obovate, uneven and irregular in its outline. 

 Skin smooth lemon color. Calyx very large, open. Flesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, firm, melting, juicy, rich, sugary. November, December. 

 (Hogg.) 



ROUSSELET DE RHEIMS. 



Rousselet. Rousselet Musque. 



Petit Rousselet. Late Catherine 



Spice or Musk Pear. Autumn Catherine. 



This French Pear, originally from Rheims, is supposed to have been 

 the parent of our Seckel. There is a pretty strong resemblance in the 

 color, form, and flavor of the two fruits, but -the Seckel is much the 

 most delicious. The growth is quite different, and this Pear has re- 

 markably long and thrifty dark brown shoots. It is sugary, and with a 

 peculiarly aromatic, spicy flavor, and if it were only buttery and melt- 

 ing, would be a first-rate fruit. 



Fruit small, obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin yellowish green, 

 with brownish red and russefcy specks. Flesh breaking or half buttery, 

 with a sweet, rich, aromatic flavor. Ripe at the beginning of Septem- 

 ber, subject to rot at the core. 



Rousselet Enfant Prodigue. 

 Nectarine ? Enfant Prodigue. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, pyriform. Skin thick and rough, green, covered 

 with russet, sometimes with a sunny cheek. Stalk of medium length, 

 in an inclined cavity. Calyx large. Basin shallow. Flesh yellowish, 

 juicy, granular, with a vinous flavor, highly perfumed with musk. Good. 

 October, November. 



Rousselet Esperen. 

 Rousselet Double. 

 Tree very vigorous, and very productive. 



Fruit medium, obovate pyriform. Skin yellow, with reddish gray 

 and white dots, and covered with russet around calyx and stalk. Flesh 

 whitish, half fine, half melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, and perfumed. 

 Good. September. 



Rousselet Hatif. 



Early Catharine. Early Rousselet. 



Kattern. Perdreau. 

 Cyprus Pear. Poire de Chypre. 



The Rousselet Hatif is productive, with long slender branches, of 

 dark dull reddish brown color. 



Fruit rather small, acute pyriform. Skin, when fully ripe, yellow, 

 with a brownish-red check. Flesh a little coarse-grained, sweet, plea- 

 sant, and slightly perfumed. Ripens the middle of August. Apt to 

 rot at the core. 



