PERRY PEARS. 



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BLACK HUFFCAP. 



[Syn : Black Pear ; Broivii Huffcap. 



The Huffcap pears have been known from the 17th century. 

 They were thought by Mr. T. A. Knight to have been included 

 amongst the " Choke Pears " of the early writers, and which 

 abounded in Herefordshire at that time. 



This pear is represented in the ' Pomona Herefordensis," 

 pi. xxiv., under the name of The Huffcap Pear, as the best of all 

 the varieties. 



Description. — Fruit : oblong, obovate, sometimes elliptical, 

 tapering gradually from the bulge both towards the eye and the 

 stalk ; it is even and regular in its outHne. Skin : olive green on 

 the shaded side, and entirely covered with dull, rusty red, on the 

 side next the sun ; the whole surface being thickly sprinkled with 

 large, grey russet dots. Eye : prominently set ; open, with erect 

 segments. Stalk : three-quarters of an inch long, woody, con- 

 nected with the fruit by a thickened continuation of the flesh. 

 Flesh : yellowish green, firm and very gritty. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Black Hffcap 

 (season J879), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity 



