and spreading ; fertility great. Leaf, rather small, 

 upfolded, curved, regularly and finely serrate. Origin, 

 raised by Andre Leroy from a seed of the Pear Graslin. 

 It first fruited in 1866. A very good early pear, con- 

 sidered by some authorities as equal to Williams. 



GROSSE CALEBASSE. Verger III., 30. F. Van 



Marum. Exhibition or dessert. October, enormous, 

 4i by 7, long calebasse, uneven. Skin, rough. Colour, 

 entirely covered with a fine dark brown russet with 

 an occasional red flush. Flesh, greenish, white melting, 

 of good flavour in a warm season, extremely juicy. 

 Eye, large, open, in a regular shallow basin. Stem, 

 moderately long, very stout and fleshy, continued. 

 Growth, moderate, rather upright ; fertility, fair. 

 Leaf, elliptical, little up-folded, twisted, shallow, 

 serrate. Origin, a seedling of the Van Mons and first 

 fruited at Louvain in 1820. Named after the chemist, 

 Van Marum. The name Grosse Calebasse is now so 

 firmly established in this country that it is probably 

 impossible to revert to its correct original name. 



HACON'S INCOMPARABLE. Her. Pom., II., 38. 

 F. Poire d'Hacon. G. Hacon's Onvergleichliche. 

 (Downham Seedling.) Dessert, December to January, 

 medium, 2f by 2f , flattened round, tapering a little to 

 stem, even. Skin, nearly smooth. Colour, palest 

 yellow with flecks and dots of russet. Flesh, palest 

 yellow, melting and deliciously flavoured. Eye, wide 

 open in a shallow basin or on level. Stem, slender, 

 rather long in a marked cavity. Growth, very spreading, 

 moderately vigorous ; fertility moderate. Leaf, nearly 

 flat, long oval, regularly shallow serrate. Origin, 

 uncertain. One account attributes it to Mr. Hacon, of 

 Downham Market, Norfolk, as a seedling raised in 1815. 

 Another says it was raised in 1792 by a Mrs. Raynor 

 of the same town. 



Hardenpont de Printemps : see Beurre Ranee. 



Hardy : see Beurre Hardy. 

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