Rousselet Hâtif. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:148. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 846. 1869.
Early Rousselet. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 571. 1884.
The origin of this pear is uncertain though it was probably French, for in 1600 it was under cultivation at Orléans, Fr., according to Le Lectier. Fruit small, pyriform, slightly obtuse, sides often unequal; skin fine, lemon-yellow on the shaded side, and vivid red sprinkled with gray spots on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, fine, semi-breaking and crisp; juice well perfumed, saccharine, abundant and aromatic; second; mid-July.
Rousselet de Janvier. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:594, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 845. 1869.
Gained by Alexandre Bivort, director of the nurseries of the Society Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Bel., in 1848. Fruit medium, generally regular-ovate; skin slightly rough, lemon-yellow in the shade, washed with red-brown on the other cheek; flesh yellowish; very fine, melting; juice sufficient and fairly saccharine, vinous and richly perfumed; second; Dec. and Jan.
Rousselet Jaune d’Été. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:23, fig. 108. 1878. Gelbe Sommerrusselet. 2. Christ Handb. 546. 1817.
French, 1801. Fruit small; skin rough, almost entirely covered with brilliant red, densely covered with small gray dots, scentless; flesh granular, melting, saccharine, sweet; second for table, first for household; Sept.
Rousselet de Jodoigne. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:69, fig. 419. 1880.
Described in 1876 as a “recent” gain of M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit small globular-turbinate, obtuse at apex; skin rather firm, bright and vivid green, sprinkled with numerous very small dots of gray-green, russeted around the calyx and lower part of the fruit; flesh white, tinted with green, semi-fine, semi-buttery; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, having the characteristic Rousselet perfume.
Rousselet de Jonghe. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 639. 1884.