Bergamotte de Roe. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:117, fig. 59. 1872.
Raised by William Roe, Newburgh, N. Y. Fruit medium in size, form oblate or Bergamot-shaped, rather irregular; skin smooth, yellow, with minute yellow dots on the shaded side, washed with red on the side of the sun; flesh rather coarse, sweet, rich, perfumed flavor suggestive of Gansel Bergamot but much more sugary; good to very good; Sept. Tree fairly vigorous and prolific.
Rogers. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 157. 1867.
Reported as a new pear in 1867. Fruit said to be similar to the Louise Bonne de Jersey in shape and size but like the Washington in dots, markings and flavor; end of Sept.
Roggenhoferbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 170, fig. 1913.
A perry pear which came first probably from Lower Austria. Fruit small to medium, turbinate to pyriform, the apex being rather acute; skin firm, grass-green turning to greenish-yellow, blushed on the sunny side, dotted all over with numerous gray-brown dots; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, fairly juicy, subacid; good for cider and drying; end of Aug.
Roi-Guillaume. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:91, fig. 238. 1879.
Gained by Van Mons. Fruit medium, ovate, uneven on all its surface; skin at first pale water-green, sprinkled with brown dots, changing to lemon-yellow, more golden on the side next the sun and often washed with orange-red; flesh-white, coarse, granular, rather gritty at core; juice saccharine and perfumed but rather wanting in amount; third for the table, good for the kitchen; Sept.
Roi de Rome. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:51, fig. 1858. 2. Downing Fr Trees Am. 843. 1869.