THE PEAR. 
581 
Rousselet de Meester. Van Mons. Man in II. M. 
Ferdinand de Meester ? Nois. 
Surpasse Meurice. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin pale-yellow, red next the sun 
Flesh juicy, sugary, coarse, not rich. October. 
Rousselet Hatif. O. Duh. Thomp. 
Early Catharine. Coxe. Early Rousselet. Lind. 
Kattcrn, of Boston. Perdreau. 
Cyprus Pear. Poire de Chypre. Poit. 
The Rousselet Hatif, better known in our markets as the 
Early Catharine Pear, though not a first rate fruit, has good 
qualities as an early variety. Productive, long slender branches, 
Fruit rather small, pyriform. Skin, when fully ripe, yellow, with 
a brownish-red cheek. 
Flesh a little coarse-grained, sweet, pleasant, and slightly per- 
fumed. Ripens the middle of August, apt to rot at the core. 
Young shoots stout, olive coloured. 
Rousselet de Rheims. O. Duh. Thomp. 
Rousselet. Petit Rousselet Nois. 
Spice or Musk Pear. 
This French pear, originally from Rheims, is supposed to 
have been the parent of our Seckel. There is a pretty strong 
resemblance in the colour, form, and flavour of the two fruits, 
but the Seckel is much the most delicious. The growth is quite 
different, and this pear has remarkably long and thrifty dark- 
brown shoots. It is sugary, and with a peculiarly aromatic, 
spicy flavour, and if it were only buttery , would be a first rate 
fruit. Fruitsmall, turbinate, obovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin 
yellowish-green with brownish-red and russety specks. 
Flesh breaking or half buttery, with a sweet, rich, aromatic 
flavour. Ripe at the beginning of September, subject to rot at 
the core. 
Stone. IIov. Mag. 
Origin, Ohio. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit large, 
broad-pyriform, uneven. Skin bright yellow with a sunny cheek, 
Stalk large, long, and curved. Calyx large ; basin open, broad 
and shallow. 
Flesh white, somewhat buttery, slightly astringent. August. 
St. Denis. 
Tree vigorous, with long, dark-reddisli branches. Fruitsmall, 
