53° THE PEAR. 



Doyenne Rouge, St. Michael Dore.) Size medium, obovate, of. 

 ten approaching turbinate ; whole surface a handsome, smooth 

 cinnamon russet ; stalk half to three-quarters of an inch long ; 

 cavity quite narrow ; calyx small, closed ; flesh with a very fine 

 texture, very buttery, melting, rich, perfumed, delicious, excel- 

 lent. Middle of autumn to winter. Shoots yellowish or grayish 

 brown, ascending. Fails by cracking in many localities. France. 

 Fig. 717. 



Hagerman. Medium, or small, roundish ovate ; yellow, with a 

 brownish-red cheek ; stalk short, stout ; basin shallow ; flesh juicy, 

 melting, quality very good. September. Origin, Long Island. 



Hanners. Medium, oblong-obovate ; yellowish-green, becoming 

 pale yellow ; stalk stout ; flesh juicy, melting, very good. Sep- 

 tember. 



Hardy.* Large, long obovate, sometimes obscurely pyriform ; skin 

 greenish, with thin brown russet ; stalk an inch long, cavity small, 

 uneven, oblique; basin shallow ; buttery, somewhat melting, rich, 

 slightly sub-acid, good. October. Tree a strong grower, succeeds 

 well on quince. 



Heathcot. (Gore's Heathcot.) Medium size, obovate, regular 

 (Buffum form), base obtuse; surface greenish-yellow, partly over- 

 spread with thin russet ; stalk an inch long, rather stout ; cavity 

 moderate or small; calyx partly closed; basin small; flesh fine 

 grained, buttery, with a rich, perfumed, and excellent flavor — 

 sometimes hardly first-rate. Early mid-autumn. Shoots slender, 

 upright, reddish-brown. Very productive and profitable. Origin, 

 waltham, Mass. Fig. 672. 



Henkel, Medium or rather large, round-obovate, remotely pyri- 

 form, with a very short neck, obtuse ; surface yellow, often a 

 clear pale yellow, sometimes partly russeted ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, slightly sunk ; basin small, even ; flesh yellowish-white, 

 buttery, melting, juicy, sprightly, fine, sometimes only second- 

 rate. Shoots long, slender, erect, yellowish-brown ; leaves small. 

 Belgian. 



Henry IV. (Ananas, Henri Quatre.) Rather small, round-obovate, 

 somewhat turbinate ; surface greenish-yellow, often somewhat 

 russeted, sometimes a dark reddish-brown cheek ; stalk an inch 

 and a fourth long, slender, usually fleshy at insertion, not sunk ; 

 basin shallow, abrupt; calyx closed; flesh juicy, melting, rich, 

 perfumed, mostly first-rate flavor. Needs house-ripening. Early 

 in autumn. Shoots diverging or spreading, yellowish-brown. 

 Very productive. Fig. 679. 



Hericart. Medium, obovate, somewhat oblong and irregular, yel- 

 low, partly russeted ; stalk slender, an inch or more long ; cavity 

 small, basin shallow ; flesh fine-grained, buttery, often gritty and 

 slightly astringent, not rich, but with a peculiar aromatic flavor. 

 End of September. 



Howell.* Rather large, wide-obovate, sometimes with a short ob- 

 scure neck ; light yellow, frequently with a handsome cheek, dots 

 minute ; stalk rather long and stout, a little fleshy at insertion, 

 scarcely sunk ; calyx in a small, smooth basin ; flesh white, melt- 



