Rhue. Domestica. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 944. 1869.
Rhue’s Seedling 1.
A seedling from Pennsylvania. Fruit large, oval; suture broad, shallow; cavity deep; reddish-purple; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, juicy, sweet, vinous; semi-clinging; good; early.
Richard Trotter. Domestica. 1. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 98. 1898.
Reported as one of the hardiest of the European varieties tested by the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada.
Richland. Domestica. 1. Gard. Mon. 1:2, 154 fig. 1859. 2. Ibid. 5:18. 1863. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 944. 1869. 4. Can. Exp. Farm. Bul. 43:36. 1903.
Copper 2.
Originated on the farm of Randall Elden, Richland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, about 1820. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive and said to be resistant to the curculio; fruit medium in size, oval; cavity small; suture a line; skin thick, bluish; dots small; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, slightly sweet; quality fair; stone large, oval, flat, clinging; mid-season; listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1875.
Riga 11. Domestica. 1. Mich. Sta. Rpt. 111. 1887.
Imported from Russia by J. L. Budd of the Iowa Experiment Station.