THE PEAR. 507 



Hawe's family. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit large, 

 roundish, slightly flattened. Colour at maturity dull yellow, 

 with russet spots. Flesh a^little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet, 

 vinous. November to January. (H. R. Roby, Ms.) 



Heathcot. Man. 



Gore's Heathcot. Ken. 



The Heathcot originated on the farm of Governor Gore, in 

 Waltham, Mass., by Mr. Heathcot, then a tenant; the original 

 tree came into bearing in 1824. Young shoots upright, reddish- 

 brown. 



Fruit of medium size, regularly obovate. Skin pale greenish- 

 yellow, with a very few dots, and a few russet streaks. Stalk 

 an inch long, planted in a very small cavity. Calyx closed, and 

 set in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Flesh white, buttery, 

 and melting, moderately juicy, with an agreeable, vinous flavour. 

 Middle and last of September. 



Henkel. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings, growth vigorous, upright, young 

 wood, dull brown. 



Fruit medium, obovate, uneven. Skin lemon-yellow, some- 

 what patched with cinnamon rasset, specked with dull green. 

 Stalk long, inserted in a small cavity. Calyx open, in a shallow 

 uneven basin. Flesh yellowish, rather coarse, melting, and 

 juicy. Flavour sprightly vinous, perfumed, and excellent. Octo- 

 ber. (Hov. Mag.) 



Henry the Fourth. Lind. 



Henri Quatre. Thomp. Jaquin. 

 Favori Musque du Conseiller. Van Mons. Beurre Ananas. 

 Poire Ananas. 



This little pear, perhaps not very attractive in appearance, 

 being small, and of a dull colour, is one of our greatest favour- 

 ites as a desert fruit. It always bears well — often too abun- 

 dantly. Young shoots diverging, yello\yish-brown. 



Fruit below medium size, roundish-pyriform. Skin pale 

 greenish-yellow, dotted with small grey specks. Stalk rather 

 more than an inch long, slender, bent, and obliquely planted on 

 a slightly flattened prominence, or under a swollen lip. Calyx 

 small, placed in a shallow abrupt basin. Flesh whitish, not very 

 fine grained, but unusually juicy and melting, with a rich, deli- 

 cately perfumed flavour. It should always be ripened in the 

 house. Early in September. 



