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and melting, with a rich sugary, vinous, and highly per- 

 fumed flavour. 



An excellent hardy pear, in use from November to 

 January. 



HAHPDEN'S BERGAMOT (Belle d'Aout; Belle de 

 Bruxelles ; Belle sans JSpines ; Bergamotte d'Ete Grosse ; 

 Bergamottede Pay sans; Ellanriocli ; Fanfareau; Fingais; 

 Great Bergamot ; Longueville ; Scotch Bergamot). 

 Fruit above medium size, abrupt pyriform. Skin smooth, 

 of a fine clear lemon yellow, strewed with dots and flakes 

 of thin pale brown russet, and with a tinge of bright red 

 on the side next the sun. Eye rather small, set in an 

 uneven shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted with- 

 out depression. Flesh pure white, tender, melting, and 

 juicy, sweet, and with a high aroma. 



A fine showy and excellent early pear, ripe in the 

 middle and end of August, but soon decays at the core. 



Hardenpont d'Hiver. See Glou Morceau. 



Hardenpont de Printemps. See Beurre de JKance. 



Harvest Pear. See Amire Joannet. 



Hazel. See Hessle. 



HELIOTE DTJNDAS (Rousselet Janmin). Fruit medium 

 sized, pyriform, even, and regularly formed. Skin smooth 

 and somewhat shining, lemon yellow, with a brilliant red 

 cheek, dotted with large dark-red specks. Eye small, 

 and deeply set. Stalk upwards of an inch long. Flesh 

 white, half-buttery, and not very juicy ; very sweet, 

 piquant, and perfumed. Ripe in October, and soon rots 

 at the core. 



HENRI C APRON. Fruit medium sized, egg-shaped. 

 Skin pale yellow, mottled with pale brown, sprinkled 

 with flakes and dots of delicate russet. Eye nearly 

 closed. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, stout. 

 Flesh yellowish-white, buttery, and highly aromatic. 

 Eipe in October and November. 



Henri Quatre. See Henry the Fourth. 



HENRIETTE BOUVIER. Fruit about medium sise, 

 roundish-obovate. Skin pale yellow, covered with patches 

 and network of smooth cinnamon-coloured russet, and 

 sometimes with an orange tinge next the sun. Eye small, 

 and almost level with the surface. Stalk an inch or more 

 in length, inserted without depression. Flesh very tender, 



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