276 Pears. 



buttery, with a rich, perfumed, and excellent flavor sometimes 

 hardly first-rate. Early mid-autumn. Shoots slender, upright, 

 reddish brown. Very productive and profitable. Origin, Wal- 

 tham, Mass. Fig. 295. 



HenkeL Medium or rather large, round-obovate, remotely pyri 

 form, with a very short neck, obtuse ; surface yellow, often a 

 clear pale yellow, sometimes partly russeted ; stalk an inch and 

 a half long, slightly sunk ; basin small, even ; flesh yellowish 

 white, buttery, melting, juicy, sprightly, fine, sometimes only 

 second-rate. Shoots long, slender, erect, yellowish brown ; leaves 

 small. Belgian. 



Henry IV. (Ananas, Henri Quatre.) Rather small, round-obovate, 

 somewhat turbinate ; surface greenish yellow, often somewhat 

 russeted, sometimes a dark reddish brown cheek ; stalk an inch 

 and a fourth long, slender, usually fleshy at insertion, not sunk ; 

 basin shallow, abrupt, calyx closed ; flesh juicy,, melting, rich, per- 

 fumed, mostly first-rate flavor. Needs house ripening. Early in 

 autumn. Shoots diverging or spreading, yellowish brown. Very 

 productive. Fig. 302. 



Hericart. Medium, obovate, somewhat oblong and irregular, yel- 

 low, partly russeted ; stalk slender, an inch or more long, cavity 

 small, basin shallow ; flesh fine grained, buttery, often gritty and 

 slightly astringent, not rich, but with a peculiar aromatic flavor. 

 End of Sept. 



HOWELL. Rather large, wide-obovate, sometimes with a short 

 obscure neck; light yellow, frequently with a handsome cheek, 

 dots minute ; stalk rather long and stout, a little fleshy at inser- 

 tion, scarcely sunk ; calyx in a small, smooth basin ; flesh white, 

 melting, buttery, moderately rich, aromatic, somewhat variable in 

 quality. Tree a strong grower, fruit remarkably fair, mid-autumn. 

 Shoots brown, strong, erecl;, and ascending. New Haven, Conn. 



Hull. Medium size, obovate, rounded at base ; skin yellowish 

 green, some russeted ; stalk an inch and a half long, rather slen- 

 der, not sunk ; basin shallow ; flesh melting, juicy, slightly gritty 

 at core, sweet, often fine, sometimes poor. Shoots yellow, 

 diverging, somewhat irregular. Origin, Swanzey, Mass. A great 

 bearer. 



JALOUSIE DE FONTENAY VENDEE, or " Fontenay Jalousie." Size 

 medium, conic-turbinate, approaching thick-pyriform ; surface 

 a pale dull yellowish green, more or less russeted, often a faint 

 red cheek ; stalk an inch long, often oblique, not sunk ; calyx 

 closed, stiff ; basin small, round, flesh buttery, melting, mild, rich, 

 fine flavored. Ripens at mid-autumn. Shoots greenish, rather 

 erect, leaves long. French. 



Johonnot. Rather small, roundish-obovate, sometimes nearly round, 

 irregular ; skin pale greenish yellow and yellowish brown, faintly 

 russeted ; stalk about an inch long, thick, oblique, fleshy at insei - 



