HEATHCOT. 



Synonyms Gore's Heathcot. 



Size Medium, 2 T 9 e inches long, 2 i 7 g inches wide. 



Form Obovate . 



Skin Greenish yellow, with a few russet dots and streaks. 



Stem Rather long, and somewhat stout, I of an inch long, & thick, curved, 



inserted in a small russeted cavity. 

 Calyx Partially closed, set in a shallow basin. 

 Core Above medium. 

 Seed Dark brown, long, acuminate, with a point or angle at the obtuse end, 



nearly on a line with the longitudinal axis. 

 Flesh White, fine texture, buttery. 



Flavor Rich, vinous and perfumed, not unlike that of the White Doyenne. 

 Quality " Very good." 



Season of Maturity Last September to middle of October. 

 Leaf- Oval-acuminate, usually folded and recurved, If inches wide, 4J long, 



including petiole, which is IS inches long, TS thick. 

 Wood Young shoots, brownish olive; old, dark ferruginous. 

 Growth Upright, with a bushy head. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Heathcot Pear originated from seed planted by Mr. Heathcot, who was 

 at the time a tenant on the farm of Governor Gore, in Maltham, Mass. It came 

 into bearing in 1824, and is probably a seedling of the White Doyenne, which it 

 nearly equals in quality. This variety is a good and regular bearer ; when the 

 tree came to maturity it was introduced to the notice of pomologists by the late 

 Jonathan Winship, Esq., of Brighton. Does not succeed well on quince. 



