THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 4II 
Hampton Bergamot. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 778. 1869. 
Originated with W. C. Hampton, Mount Victory, Ohio. Fruit small, globular-oblate, 
yellow, netted and sprinkled with russet and green dots; flesh whitish, coarse, juicy, semi- 
melting, vinous; good; Sept. 
Hampton Cluster. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 778. 18609. 
Raised by W.C. Hampton, Mount Victory, Ohio. Fruit borne in clusters, very small, 
globular, greenish-yellow, shaded with dull red on the sun-exposed side, netted with russet; 
flesh juicy, melting, sweet; very good; Sept. 
Hampton Virgalieu. x. Elliott Fr. Book 388, fig. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 778. 
1869. 
Originated with W. C. Hampton, Mount Victory, Ohio, from a seed of the White 
Doyenné. Tree vigorous, hardy and productive. Fruit medium, globular, or slightly 
obtuse-pyriform, yellowish-green at maturity, with many russet dots and marblings of 
russet, the latter becoming reddish-brown in the sun; flesh white, buttery, juicy, rich, 
vinous, brisk; core small; very good; Oct. and Nov. 
Hancock. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 
A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1861. Fruit 4} in. long, 
3 in. wide, obovate, light green; flesh breaking and juicy, a great bearer, and an excellent 
cooking pear, always sells readily; Sept. 
Hangelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:145. 1856. 
Holstein, published 1788. Fruit large, long-gourd-shaped, yellow-green, yellow on 
the sunny side; flesh breaking, coarse-grained, fairly juicy, sweet; third for dessert, good 
for kitchen; Nov. to Apr. 
Hannover’sche Jakobsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856. 2. Lauche 
Deut. Pom. WI:No. 27, Pl. 27. 1882. 
Hanover, Prussia, 1851. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, dull grass-green changing 
to yellow, with a brownish blush, dotted with green on the yellow and with bright yellow 
on the flush; flesh whitish, fine, sweet, becoming mealy when over ripe; third for dessert, 
good for culinary use and market; July. 
Hannover’sche Margarethenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:40. 1856. 
Hanover, Prussia, 1851. Fruit medium, turbinate, light green turning to light yellow; 
flesh yellowish-white, breaking, soon becoming mealy when ripe; second for table, good 
for kitchen use; end of July for 2 weeks. 
Hanover. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 779. 1869. 
From Hanover Furnace, N. J. Fruit below medium, globular-obovate, green, with 
dull green-russet markings, and a brown cheek; flesh greenish-yellow, exceedingly melting 
and juicy; flavor pleasant, good; Oct. 
Hardenpont friihe Colmar. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:100. 1856. 2. Guide Prat. 
96, 280. 1876. 
This is not the Passe Colmar of Hardenpont, although regarded as such by Dochnahl. 
It ripens in August and September whereas Passe Colmar is in season during November and 
December. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, a beautiful uniform yellow; flesh fine- 
grained, musky; Aug. and Sept. 
