506 THE PEAR. 



branches. Young shoots rather slender, diverging, olive- 

 coloured. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, inclining to turbinate. Skin 

 slightly rough, pale, and dull yellowish-green, mixed with pale 

 brown, sprinkled with numerous greenish-russet dots, and russet 

 streaks. Flesh white, buttery, melting, with a rich vinous 

 flavour. October and November. 



HADDINGTON. 



Raised by J. B. Smith, Philadelphia. 



Fruit above medium, obovate, or pyriform. Colour greenish- 

 yellow, with a brownish cheek. Stalk slender, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Calyx small, in a round, shallow basin. Flesh 

 yellow, crisp, juicy, with an aromatic flavour. January till 

 April. (Brinckle in Hort.) 



HE GERMAN. 



Originated at North Hempstead, Long Island. Tree of 

 vigorous growth, an early bearer. Fruit of medium size, or 

 below ; much resembles in form and colour the Buffum. Flavour 

 intermediate between the Seckel and white Doyenne, melting 

 and delicious ; must be eaten at precise periods of maturity. 

 Ripens about the middle of September. (Wm. R. Prince.) 



HANOVER. 



From Hanover Furnace, New Jersey. 



Fruit below medium, roundish- obovate. Skin green, with 

 dull green russet markings, and a brown cheek. Stalk medium, 

 cavity shallow and angular. Calyx open, in an irregular basin. 

 Flesh greenish-yellow, exceedingly melting and juicy. Flavour 

 pleasant. Quality " good." Ripe October. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



HARVARD. Man. Ken. 

 Boston Eparne. Cambridge Sugar Pear. 



The Harvard produces enormous crops, which is of fair qua- 

 lity. The tree is remarkably hardy and vigorous, with upright 

 shoots forming a fine head. It originated at Cambridge, Mass. 



Fruit rather large, oblong-pyriform. Skin russety olive-yel- 

 low, with a brownish-red cheek. Stalk rather stout, inserted 

 rather obliquely on the narrow summit or on a small cavity. 

 Calyx set in a narrow basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, and 

 melting, of excellent flavour, but liable, if not picked early, to 

 rot at the core. Beginning of September. 



HAWE'S WINTER. 

 Origin, King and Queen Counties, Va., on the farm of the 



