René Dunan. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895 and at Agassiz, British Columbia and other Canadian Experiment Stations in 1900. The tree pyramidal and very fertile. Fruit very large, lemon-yellow, vermilioned on the side of the sun; flesh fine, melting, acidulous, recalling the flavor of the Beurré Gris; Nov. and Dec.
Rettigbirne. 1. Christ Handb. 527. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:34. 1856.
Of German origin. Reported in 1815. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, medium ventriculous, light yellow, dotted with gray, and speckled with brown; flesh acid and aromatic; first for all purposes; beginning of Sept. for three weeks.
Reuterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856.
Nassau, Prussia, 1807. Fruit almost small, ovate, ventriculous, uneven in outline, pale yellow-green turning to light lemon-yellow, often covered with thin russet on the side of the sun; flesh dense, juicy, wanting in flavor, sweet and acidulous; third for dessert, first for household; Oct.
Rewell. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
“The good Rewell is a reasonable great peare, as good to bake as to eate rawe, and both wayes it is a good fruit.”
Reymenans. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:152. 1856.