Reine des Précoces. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:201, fig. 99. 1866-73.
Probably of Belgian origin. Fruit small, globular-turbinate or nearly globular, regular in contour; skin thick, at first intense green sprinkled with numerous large, prominent, gray-green dots; the basic green changes to yellow on the shaded side and intense brownish-red on the side of the sun; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, a little gritty at the center, little juice or sugar, rather agreeable; second; end of July.
Reine des Tardives. 1. Guide Prat. 104. 1876.
Published by M. Bruant in 1865. Fruit rather large, vivid yellow; flesh juicy, saccharine; easily keeps till June.
Reine Victoria. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 842. 1869.
Said to be a seedling from Van Mons. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with shades and patches of fawn; flesh white, tinted with rose, fine, melting, juicy, sweet; Dec.
Reliance. 1. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 24. 1890.
Introduced by P. J. Berckmans to the Georgia State Horticultural Society and accepted by that Society in 1890. It was raised from seed sown in 1857, and named Reliance “because it bears every year.” Fruit small; a dessert pear almost as good as Seckel, rated as very good; summer season.
Remy Chatenay. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree healthy and of fair vigor, very fertile, and suitable for all forms of cultivation. Fruit of the form and appearance of Beurré d’Arenberg though not so large or delicate; matures in the spring.