THE HENKEL PEAR. 



Henkel. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xiii. 1847. 



The Henkel is another of the fine pears introduced 

 as long ago as 1835 or 1836, by Messrs. Kenrick and 

 Manning, who received scions of it, with other sorts, 

 from Dr. Van Mons, of which we have already made 

 mention in our first volume ; and it appears to be 

 wholly confined to American collections. True, there 

 is a Henkel d'hiver, in the French and Belgian cata- 

 logues, of recent date ; but as that is a winter pear, 

 it cannot be referred to our Henkel. It may, how- 

 ever, come up hereafter under a new name ; for all 

 the fine seedlings remaining in Van Mons's nursery, 

 at his death, are being introduced as rapidly as they show their fruit. 



The Henkel is also another of the new pears which has rapidly 

 improved upon acquaintance and under good cultivation. Mr. Man- 

 ning, the younger, first sent us specimens of it from his extensive 

 collection, in 1846, from which we gave an engraving as above quoted; 

 the same outline we now introduce on the next page, as it gives the 

 true shape of this variety ; but our colored plate is an exact represen- 

 tation of the size, form and beauty of one of a number of specimens 

 produced on our own trees in 1853 ; being, indeed, a very showy pear, 

 and as remarkable for its excellence as for its other qualities, comparing 

 favorably with any vaiiety of its season. 



Of its origin we have no other information than that it was sent here 

 by Dr. Van Mons, and is, undoubtedly, one of his numerous seedlings. 

 Although the scions were received in 1835 or 1836, it probably did not 

 fruit dming the life-time of the late Mr. Manning, as it was never men- 

 tioned by him among more than four hundred pears, which he, from 

 time to time, described in the Magazine of Horticulture. It is rather 

 late in coming into bearing, and this accounts for the long period 

 which elapsed before it was brought to the notice of cultivators. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, with a very erect or fastigiate habit, 

 similar to the Buflfum, and with a very marked pecuharity of fohage and 

 growth. We have had no experience with it upon the quince, and can- 

 not say whether it is one of the sorts which will succeed on that stock 

 or not. 



Tree. — Vigorous, with a very erect pyramidal habit, making stout, 

 straight, annual shoots. 



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