420 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



variable, light yellow, blushed and dotted with yellowish specks becoming greenish at 



maturity, thin-skinned; flesh breaking, musky, aromatic; third for dessert, first for kitchen; 



Aug. 



Holmer. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1SS4. 



A well-known perry pear in Herefordshire, Eng. Fruit very small, globular-turbinate, 

 even and regular in outline, dull greenish-yellow when ripe, and thickly covered with russet 

 dots, so as to form a kind of crust on the surface; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and very 

 astringent. 

 Homestead. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 150. 1876. 



Raised by Asahcl Foote, Williamstown, Mass., from seed of White Doyenne. Fruit 

 medium or above, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, often pale yellow when fully 

 matured, sometimes a shade of brownish-red where exposed, slightly netted and patched 

 with russet and many russet dot ; flesh whitish, rather coarse around the core, semi-fine, 

 melting, sweet, juicy, slightly vinous and aromatic; Nov. and Dec. 

 Honey. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:216. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 784. 1869. 



Dcax Fois L'Au. 3. Leroy Diet. Pant. 2:20, fig. 1869. 



Although known in this country as Honey, its original European name is Deux Fois 

 I'An. or Two Times a Year, on account of its flowering twice in the season, the second crop 

 ripening in September or October. It is of ancient and uncertain origin, but Le Lectier 

 at Orleans possessed it in his immense orchard in 1598, and Merlet described it in 1675. 

 Fruit medium or below, globular-pyriform, rarely very obtuse, generally much swelled in 

 the lower part, diminishing abruptly toward the stem, rather bright greenish-yellow, 

 stained and dotted with gray chiefly on the side exposed to the sun where it is also rayed 

 and washed with carmine; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-breaking, granular around the core; 

 juice sufficient, sugary and possessing a pleasant, musky flavor; Aug. 

 Honey (Russia). 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 21. 1887. 2. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 

 126:146. 1908. 



Introduced from Russia in 1879 under the Russian name Gliva Medovava. Fruit 

 small, globular-pyriform, yellow, blushed red; flesh coarse, juicy, sweet; mid-season. 

 Honey Dew. 1. Stark Bros. Cat. 55. 1921. 



Originated by Mr. Raabe of Illinois and introduced by Stark Bros, in 192 1. Fnoit 

 large, roundish, golden-yellow, almost covered with rich russet; flesh tender, crisp, very 

 juicy, sweet; early fall. 

 Honigbergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:78. 1856. 



Nassau, 1833. Fruit medium, globular, symmetrical ; skin smooth, uniformly greenish- 

 yellow, brownish-red on the side next the sun; flesh semi-melting, aromatic; second for 

 dessert; first for general culinary uses; Sept. 

 Honnelbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 38, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown in Lower Austria. Fruit fairly large, long-pyrif orm ; skin rather 

 smooth and shining, greenish-yellow changing to yellow; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, 

 very juicy, saccharine, rather astringent and feebly aromatic; Oct. 

 Hoosic. 1. W. N. Y. Hori. Soc. Rpt. 116. 18S0. 2. Ont. Dept. Ag. Fr. Onl. 166. 1914. 



Raised by A. Foote. Williamstown, Mass., from seed of Hacon Incomparable, and 



