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W. 4

1809
Sept. 1.

Gros. Rousselet or Roi d'Eté
(Great Rousselet or King of Summer)

A pear of midling size, flat at the blossom end
and pointed at the other. The stalk long and brown
the skin is brown towards the Sun with numerous
little Russet spots, on the other side is a pretty dark
green with a mixture of Russet, the whole surface
rough.  The eye is sunk in a hollow, and the point
at the Stalk is sometimes a little crooked or twisted.
The juice is well tasted, a little musky and sprightly
the flesh rather coarse, half breaking and juicy, it
ripens about the end of August or beginning of 
September.

[sketch of pear]

        