592 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Harvest Pear. See Amire Joannet. 

 Hativeau Blanc. See Summer Franc Real. 

 Hazel. See Hessle. 



HEBE. A very large, roundish pear, of a greenish yellow colour 

 dotted with russet. Flesh, melting and vinous. 



It is highly spoken of by continental pomologists, but Mr. R. D. 

 Blackmore found it to be worthless at Teddington. It ripens in 

 November and December. 



Heere Peer. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 



HELIOTE DUNDAS (Henri Nicaise ; Rousselet Jamiri). Fruit, 

 medium sized ; pyriform, even and regularly formed. Skin, smooth, 

 and somewhat shining, lemon-yellow, with a brilliant red cheek, dotted 

 with large dark red specks. Eye, small, and deeply set. Stalk, up- 

 wards of an inch long. Flesh, white, half-buttery, and not very juicy ; 

 very sweet, brisk, and perfumed. 



A very showy but very worthless pear ; ripe in October, and soon 

 rots at the core. 



Henbirn. See Amire Joannet. 



HENKEL D'HIVER (Beurre Beauchamp of Dittrich, not of Leroy ; 

 Henkel s Schmalzbirne). Fruit, medium sized ; ovate in shape, even 

 and regular in its outline. Skin, almost entirely covered with a thin 

 crust of pale brown or cinnamon-coloured resset, except on the shaded 

 side, where it is yellow, or greenish yellow, and dotted with russet of 

 the same colour. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, 

 an inch long, fleshy at the base, and set in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 quite white, very melting, tender, and juicy. Juice, abundant, very 

 sprightly, and with a fine rose-water aroma. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in the middle and end of October. Tree 

 vigorous, and a good bearer, and succeeds equally well on the pear or 

 the quince stock. 



This is a seedling of Van Mons, and named by him in compliment to Henkel the 

 chemist. Dr. Diel received grafts of it from Van Mons in 1815. In the Diclionnaire 

 de Pomoloyie, M. Andre Leroy makes this synonymous with Beurre Beauchamp, a 

 variety obtained by a gentleman of that name, and which is found in the supple- 

 ment to the first series of Van Mons' Catalogue as "92 Beauchamp : par son 

 patron." But Henkel d'Hiver is in the second series as No. "670 ; par nous." I 

 cannot believe them to he the same. Henkel d'Hiver I have always found an 

 excellent fruit, while Beurre Beauchamp was never, good. Diel says the former 

 "has no red on it," and he describes the latter as " very like Beurre Blanc reddish 

 on the sunny side." I never saw Henkel d'Hiver with red upon it. 



HENRI CAPRON. Fruit, medium sized ; egg-shaped. Skin, pale 

 yellow, mottled with pale brown, sprinkled with flakes and dots of 

 delicate russet. Eye, nearly closed. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, stout. Flesh, yellowish white, buttery, and highly aromatic. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in October and November. 



