422 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



d'Anjou. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, yellow with red blush; flesh sweet, juicy, good; 



medium late. 



Huguenot. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 394. 1845. 



Originated by a Mr. Johonnot of Salem. Mass. Rejected by the American Pomologica. 

 Society, October, 1850. Fruit medium, globular, smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled with large 

 spots of bright red; flesh white, fine-grained, semi-breaking, sweet but wanting in flavor 

 and juice; poor; Oct. 

 Huhle de Printemps. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:159, fig. 36S. 1880. 



This pear was received in France by M. Papeleu from M. Hartwiss, director of the 

 Imperial Gardens at Nikita, Southern Russia, about i860. Fruit medium, cylindrical- 

 ovate, rather in form like a small cask or keg. even in contour; skin thick, firm, more or less 

 intense green, dotted with brownish-gray specks, very small and numerous and mingled 

 with small strokes of russet over nearly all the surface; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi- 

 breaking, rather gritty near the core, sufficiently juicy, with a refreshing and agreeable 

 flavor; cooking; end of winter. 

 Hull. 1. Mag. Hart. 9:432. 1843. 2. Ibid 10:211. 1844. 



The original tree was found in Swansey, Mass., about 1815. Fruit medium, obovate, 

 yellowish-green, russeted, some dull red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, 

 melting, juicy, gritty at core, pleasantly perfumed; good to very good; Oct. 

 Hungerford Oswego. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 786. 1869. 



From Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with brown dots; flesh white, 

 buttery, melting, juicy, gritty, sweet; good; Oct. 

 Hunt Connecticut. 1. Mag. Hort. 12:305. 1846. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 575. 1857. 



An American cooking pear. Rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1854. 

 Fmit medium, oblate, yellowish-green, coarse, dry, and sweet. 



Huntington. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:111, fig. 4. 1857. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:155, fig- 76- 

 1866-73. 



A wilding found by James Huntington, New Rochelle, X. Y. In 1857 it was consid- 

 ered to be 20 or 30 years old. Fruit under medium, globular-obovate, yellow, with num- 

 erous russet dots and sometimes a red cheek; flesh fine texture, buttery, slightly vinous, 

 with a delicate aroma; very good; Sept. 

 Hurbain d'Hiver. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884. 



Fruit small, Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in outline, fine golden yellow in 

 the shade, strewed and mottled with patches of thin cinnamon-colored russet, with a patch 

 of russet around the stalk, washed with bright red on the side next the sun ; flesh yellowish, 

 melting, rather coarse, juicy, sweet, without much perfume; second; Nov. 

 Hussein Armudi. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884. 



An oriental pear, published in 1832. Fruit below medium, obovate, smooth, bright 

 green at first changing to greenish-yellow, strewed with russety dots of brown and some 

 traces of russet; flesh whitish, gritty at core, tender, melting, very juicy, with a rich, vinous, 

 sweet flavor; first for table; Sept. 

 Hutcherson. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:148. 1908. 



Reported in the experimental orchard at Agassiz, B. C, in 1900. Fruit medium, 

 obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sweet; mid-season. 



