P. T. Quinn, Newark, N. J., submitted specimens of this pear to the Committee of the Farmers’ Club of the American Institute which issued a report upon it on January 2d, 1867. The pear had been imported by Professor Mapes and the name lost, and at a previous meeting the Committee had named it Quinn. Fruit below medium, pyriform, tapering rapidly toward the stem end; skin inclined to golden-russet; flesh rich and juicy and in flavor and aroma occupies the first rank; good; Jan. and keeps till Mar.
Rainbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:166. 1856.
Hesse, Ger., 1816. Fruit medium, ovate, somewhat swelled; skin polished, pale light green turning to lemon-yellow, without any red blush, sprinkled with numerous fine light brown dots, fine russet on the side next the sun; flesh granular, vinous and highly aromatic; first for culinary use; mid-Oct.
Rallay. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 382. 1854.
An old variety of unknown origin. Fruit small to medium, globular-acute-pyriform; skin rough, dull yellow, dull reddish cheek, dotted all over with russet; flesh yellowish-white, breaking, juicy, gritty; good; Nov. and Dec.
Rameau. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 239. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:572, fig. 1869.
Silberästige Gewürzbirne. 3. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856.
A seedling of Van Mons distinct from Besi des Veterans. Fruit above medium, oblong-oval; skin thick, rough, greenish, gray or bronzed on sunny side, stained and dotted with dark russet; flesh yellowish-white, very fine, melting, juicy, sweet, acidulous, aromatic; inferior.
Ramilies. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 165. 1841. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 195. 1920.
Described in 1842 in the London Horticultural Society’s Catalog of Fruits. Fruit large, obovate, yellow obscured with russet, red next the sun, beautiful in appearance; flesh breaking; very good for cooking; Nov. to Feb.