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130. HERICART. Van Mons. 



A second rate, Belgian pear, with a pleasant, perfumed 

 juice, ripening early in Autumn. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate, often rather oblong and irregu- 

 lar. Skin pale green, slightly tinged with yellow, and dotted 

 with many greenish and russety specks. Stalk an inch or more 

 long, rather slender, set in a small cavity. Calyx set in a shal- 

 low basin. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, not rich, but 

 with a delicate, peculiar aroma. The fruit ripens from the last 

 of August, for a month or more. 



131. HEATHCOT. Man. 



Gore's Heathcot. Ken. 



The heathcot, one of our most excellent native pears, will al- 

 ways compete with the best foreign ones, especially for orchard 

 culture. It is a hardy, thrifty tree, bears abundant crops of fair 

 fruit, which is always of good quality. It was originated on the 

 farm of Governor Gore, in Waltharn, Mass., by Mr. Heathcot, 

 then a tenant, and the original tree came into bearing in 1824. 

 Young shoots upright, reddish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, regularly obovate. Skin pale greenish- 

 yellow, with very few dots, and a few russet streaks. Stalk an 

 inch long, planted in a very small cavity. Calyx closed, and 

 set in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Flesh white, buttery 

 and melting, moderately juicy, with an agreeable, vinous flavour. 

 Middle and last of September. 



132. HULL. Hov. Mag. 



A new pear, which originated in the town of Swanzey, Mass, 

 it received a premium and high commendation at the annua\ 

 exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in 1843, 

 when it was first presented. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin yellowish-green, a good 

 deal sprinkled with russet. Flesh white, a little coarsegrained, 

 but melting, juicy, with a sweet, slightly perfumed flavour. 



133. HUGUENOT. 



A fruit of second quality, originated by Mr. Johonnot, of 

 Salem. It bears abundantly, but is rather dry, and not worthy 

 of general cultivation. Young shoots strong, upright, yellow, 

 ish- brown. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish. Skin smooth, pale yellow, 

 sprinkled with large round spots of bright red. Stalk rather 



