414 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



dedicated it to the daughter of a zealous pomologist of his country. Fruit rather large, 

 long-pyriform, rather deformed in contour, water-green changing to dull pale yellow, 

 usually rather golden on the face next the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery, very melting, 

 very juicy and delicately perfumed; good for amateurs; Sept. and Oct. 

 Hegeman. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 780. 1869. 



Hagerman. 2, Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 275. 1867. 



Originated on the farm of Andrew Hegeman, North Hempstead, Long Island. Fruit 

 medium, globular-ovate, rather variable in form and color, greenish-yellow, netted and 

 dotted with russet; flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet; good to very good; Sept. 

 Heilige Angelika-Birne. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:108. 1856. 



Coblenz, 1792 ; published by Diel, 1806. Fruit rather large, obtuse-conic, with unequal 

 sides, pale green changing to light yellowish-green, dotted with rusty gray, and rather 

 russeted on the side touched by the sun; flesh whitish, with light green veinings, fine-grained, 

 buttery; first for dessert and household use; Nov. and Dec. 



Helene Gregoire. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 4:79, fig. 1856. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:270, fig. 

 1869. 



Xavier Gre"goire, a tanner at Jodoigne, Bel., obtained this pear in 1840 from a bed of 

 the seeds of the pear Pastorale. Fruit large or very large, ovate, inclined to be contorted 

 at times, smooth, shining, dotted and veined with russet, stained with the same around 

 the stem and calyx ; flesh white, fine, melting, semi-buttery, green under the skin, free from 

 grit, full of sweet juice, delicate and possessed of an exquisite buttery flavor; first; early Oct. 

 Hellmann Melonenbirn. i. Koch Deut. Obst. 481. 1876. 2. Lauche Deut. Pom. II: 

 No. 39, PI. 39. 1882. 



German; first published in 1860. Fruit large, globular-obtuse, very variable; skin 

 thick, dark green becoming citron-yellow at maturity, large russet dots, slightly washed 

 with red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, melting, agreeably sweet and vinous, 

 very juicy and having a muscatel flavor; Nov. and Dec. 

 Hemminway. i. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:143. 1908. 



Madame Hemminway. 2. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 18. 1900. 



Introduced by Ellwanger and Barry. American. Fruit large, obovate-blunt-pyri- 

 form, green turning yellow, russeted; stem long, thick, in a small, narrow cavity; flesh 

 yellowish, melting, sweet, juicy; good; Oct. 

 Henkel. i. Mag. Hort. 13:61, fig, 5. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 781, fig. 1869. 



Henkel d'Automne. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:272, fig. 1869. 



Van Mons raised this pear before 1834 and in 1835 or 1836 it was introduced at Boston 

 by Kenrick and Manning. This is the Cumberland of the Belgians. Fruit rather 

 large, broad-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and patched with russet, sprinkled 

 with green and brown dots; stem rather stout, inclined, inserted by a ring or lip; calyx 

 partially open; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, rich, slightly vinous; very good to best; Sept. 

 Henri Bivort. i. Mag. Hort. 20:462. 1854. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:273, % l8 69- 



Poire Henri. 3. Mas Le Verger 2:137, fig. 67. 1866-73. 



Issued from the last seed beds made at Louvain by Van Mons and bought in 1844 by 

 Bivort who transplanted the seedlings to Geest-Saint-Re"my near Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit 



