594 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



His. See Adele de St. Denis. 

 Holland Bergamot. See Bergamotte d'Hollande. 

 Hollandische Bergamot. See Bergamotte d'Hollande. 

 Hollandse Bergamot. See Bergamotte d'Automne. 



HOLMER. Fruit, very small, roundish turbinate, even and regular 

 in its outline. Skin, dull greenish yellow when ripe, and thickly 

 covered with russet dots, so as to form a kind of crust on the surface. 

 Eye, full of stamens, open, having short divergent segments, and set 

 in a very shallow depression. Stalk, from half an inch to three- 

 quarters long, slender, inserted in a small cavity, with occasionally a 

 slight swelling on one side. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and very 

 astringent. 



A notable perry pear in Herefordshire. 



Hubard. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 

 Humble Bee Pear. See Bourdon Musque. 

 Huntingdon. See Lammas. 



HURBAIN D'HIVER. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter 

 broad, and the same high ; Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in its 

 outline. Skin, with a fine bright red cheek on the side next the sun, 

 and fine golden yellow in the shade, strewed and mottled with patches 

 of thin cinnamon- coloured russet, and with a patch of russet round the 

 stalk. Eye, small and open, with short erect segments, set in a wide, 

 shallow basin. Stalk, slender, very short, inserted in a small hole. 

 Flesh, yellowish, juicy, melting, rather coarse-grained, sweet, and with- 

 out much perfume. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the beginning of November, when it rots 

 almost immediately. 



HUSSEIN ARMUDL Fruit, below medium size ; obovate. Skin, 

 smooth, bright green at first, changing to greenish yellow as it attains 

 maturity, and with a slight trace of russet, strewed with brown russety 

 dots. Eye, open, with long acuminate reflexed segments, set in a 

 shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, whitish, rather gritty at the core, tender, very juicy, 

 and melting, and of a rich, vinous, sweet flavour. 



A dessert pear; ripe in September. Tree, vigorous and healthy, 

 and succeeds well as a standard. 



Huyshe's Bergamot. See Huyshe's Prince of Wales. 



HUYSHE'S PRINCE CONSORT. Fruit, very large ; oblong, un- 

 even and bossed in its outline. Skin, grass-green, which it frequently 

 retains, even when ripe, but becoming sometimes yellowish green ; it 

 is thickly covered with large russet dots, which round the stalk are so 



