Rousselet Saint Vincent. 1. Mag. Hort. 16 296. 1850. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:598, fig. 1869.
The origin of this pear is uncertain. It seems probable to Leroy that it was raised by Van Mons. In this country it was placed on the Rejected List by the second Congress of Fruit Growers at New York in 1850. Fruit above medium, globular-ovate, irregular in outline especially at the summit, bright yellow, dotted with russet; flesh white, fine, juicy, saccharine, acidulous, of a delicate flavor though not recalling in the least that of the Rousselets; first; Oct.
Rousselet de Stuttgardt. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 639. 1884.
Des Chevriers de Stuttgardt. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:558, fig. 1867.
Stuttgarter Geisshirtel. 3. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 289. 1881.
It is said that this was a wilding found by a shepherd in the neighborhood of Stuttgart, Ger., before 1779. Fruit below medium, pyriform, fine, tender, at first dark water-green sprinkled with very numerous large dots of a darker shade, changing to yellow-green, tinged on the side next the sun with brownish-red on which the dots become yellow; the surface is covered with a characteristic sort of grayish-white bloom which passes to a rosy-violet on the bright parts; flesh greenish, not very fine but tender, buttery, sufficiently juicy, aromatic; first; Aug.
Rousselet Thaon. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:73, fig. 229. 1879.
The Bulletin of the Van Mons Society appears to indicate that Rousselet Thaon was a gain of M. Bivort. Fruit small, short-turbinate, symmetrical in outline; skin thick, firm, bright green dotted with darker green changing to pale yellow, the side next the sun being more golden and washed with brown-red on fruits well exposed; flesh white, coarse, semi-buttery; juice moderate in amount but saccharine and perfumed with musk; second; Sept. and Oct.
Rousselet Theuss. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:37, fig. 17. 1866-73.