164 . WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



2 ; use, table ; texture, melting, juicy, vinous ; quality, -2 , 

 ■"■ season, August and September. Origin uncertain. 



Harrison's Large Fall. Form, flat at blossom end ; 

 size, 2 ; use, baking ; texture, crisp ; season, September. 

 Eemarks. — Fall Baking of Coxe. 



Harvard. Form, oblate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; 

 texture, white, juicy; quality, 2; season, September. 



Eemarks. — From Cambridge, Mass. Tree hardy, vig- 

 orous, upright, productive. Fruit liable to decay at core. 



Ilatlveau. 



Eemarks. — A very small pear, pointed toward the 

 stem ; the blossom end flat ; the skin is clear yellow, the 

 flesh is of a yellowish cast, somewhat spicy, but without 

 much juice or flavor. It is a very great bearer; the time 

 of ri^^ening from the middle to the end of July. Author- 

 ity, Coxe, of Burlington, New Jersey, an eminent practi- 

 cal Pomologist. 



Ilai/el, of HesscIL Color, greenish yellow; size, 2; use, 

 kitchen ; quality, 3 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — '• Flesh sweet; rough^ and astringent, how- 

 ever. Unworthy." — A. H. Ernst. 



Henrietta. Color, dull yellow ; form^ obovate, obtuse 

 pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, crisp, melting, 

 juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, August. 



Eemarks. — Of American origin — JSTew Haven^ Conn. 

 Tree vigorous, hardy, productive. 



Henkel. Color, dull yellow, russety ; form, obovate ; 

 size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, crisp, juicy, vinous ; quality, 

 2; season, September. 



