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Huyshe Prince Consort. 1. Jour. Hort. 12:89, fig- 1867. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 

 180. 1920. 



Fruited in 1864 by the Rev. John Huyshe of Cullompton, Devon, Eng., from Beurre" 

 d'Arenberg fertilized by Passe Colmar. Fruit very large, oblong, uneven and bossed in 

 outline, grass-green becoming sometimes yellowish-green, thickly covered with large russet 

 dots; flesh yellow, with a greenish tinge, melting, rather crisp, veiy juicy, sweet, vinous, 

 with a very powerful and peculiar flavor unlike any other pear; a first quality, delicious 

 fruit; Nov. 

 Huyshe Prince of Wales. 1. Gard. Chron. 51. 1864. 2. Jour. Hort. 1:392, fig. 72. 1880. 



Huyshe Bergamot. 3. Gard. Chron. 4:836, fig. 1. 1857. 4. Mag. Hort. 24:276. 

 1S58. 



Of the same origin as Huyshe Victoria. First fruited in 1856 and named Huyshe 

 Bergamot but later changed to Huyshe Prince of Wales. Fruit large, globular-oval, 

 even in outline, lemon-yellow covered with a finely reticulated cinnamon-colored russet; 

 flesh yellowish-white, tender, melting, juicy and richly flavored; first; end of Nov. to Jan. 

 Huyshe Princess of Wales. 1. Gard. Chron. 8. 1863. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 

 180. 1920. 



This pear, first fruited in 1863, is of the same origin as Huyshe Victoria. Fruit medium, 

 oblong, even in outline, abrupt at the stalk, lemon-yellow sprinkled with patches, veins 

 and dots of pale cinnamon-russet; flesh of a deep yellow, fine, very melting, abundantly 

 juicy, richly flavored and highly aromatic; very excellent; Nov. 

 Huyshe Victoria. 1. Jour. Hort. 4:76. 1863. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 181. 1920. 



Victoria. 3. Gard. Chron. 836, fig. 2. 1857. 



Victoria d'Huyse. 4. Pom. Gen. 7:33, fig. 497. 188 1. 



Rev. John Huyshe, a clergyman at Clysthydon Rectory, near Cullompton, Devon, 

 Eng., raised, about 1833, three plants from pips of one fruit from Marie Louise, hybridized 

 with Gansel Bergamot. Of these three plants one produced fruit in 1854 or 1855 and was 

 named Huyshe Victoria. The other two fruited in subsequent years and were named 

 Huyshe Prince of Wales and Huyshe Princess of Wales, respectively; these three 

 together with a fourth, Huyshe Prince Consort, being known as the Royal Pears. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading, very productive. Fruit medium in size, ovate-pyriform or ovate- 

 acute-pyriform, yellow, freckled and veined with thin, smooth cinnamon-russet; stem 

 medium in length, stout, generally inclined and inserted without depression; calyx open; 

 flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, vinous; good to very good; Nov. 

 Hyacinthe du Puis. 1. Guide Prat. 93. 1S95. 



In trial orchards of .Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit medium; flesh 

 rather fine, salmon tinted, savory, juicy; Nov. and Dec. 

 Ickworth. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 194. 1832. 



Originated by T. A. Knight, President of the London Horticultural Society, who in 

 1832 sent cions to Mr. Lowell and the Massachusetts Agricultural Society. Fruit melting, 

 rich, rose-flavored; Mar. and Apr. 

 Ida. 1. Guide Prat. 97. 1876. 



On trial with Messrs Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large, Doyenne- 

 shaped, yellowish-green washed with red-brown; flesh buttery; first; Oct. 



