THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 413 
red on exposed side, brown and green dots; flesh whitish, not very juicy or melting, but 
sweet, pleasant; good; July. 
Hassler. 1. Cal. Com. Hort. Pear Grow. Cal. '7:No. 5, 260, figs. 52, 53. 1918. 
Originated as a chance seedling with J. E. Hassler, Placerville, Cal. Fruit large, 
obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with russet dots; calyx open: basin large, deep, irregular; 
stem heavy, medium long, inclined in a deep cavity: flesh, fine, juicy, buttery, pleasant; 
very good; Feb. and Mar. 
Hausemerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:194. 1856. 
German, published 1847. Fruit medium, turbinate-obtuse, light green changing to 
whitish-yellow, blushed, with brown spots; flesh firm, somewhat aromatic; good for kitchen 
use; Dec. to Mar. 
Hautmonté. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:266, fig. 1860. 
Origin unknown but was propagated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of 
Angers in 1840. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, yellowish-green spotted with russet and 
washed with. rose-carmine on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, breaking, juicy, 
gritty at center; second for dessert, first for stewing; Feb. to Apr. 
Hawaii. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 84. 1880. 2. Cornell Sta. Bul. 3323482. 1913. 
A Japanese pear; date of introduction unknown. Fruit medium, apple-shaped, light 
lemon-yellow, with rough, russet dots; flesh hard, gritty, wanting in flavor, subacid; Oct. 
Hawes Winter. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 506. 1857. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 389. 18509. 
Originated on the farm of the Hawes family in King and Queen County, Virginia. 
Fruit large, globular, slightly flattened, dull yellow at maturity, with russet spots; flesh 
a little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet, vinous; Nov. to Jan. 
Hawkesbill. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629. 
“ The Hawkes bill peare is of a middle size, somewhat like unto the Rowling pears.”’ 
Hays. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1844. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 238. 1854. 
Exhibited, from the Pomological Garden, Salem, Mass., at the sixteenth annual 
meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, September, 1844. Placed on the 
rejected list of the American Pomological Society in 1854. 
Heathcot. 1. Mag. Hort. 12:438, fig. 33. 1846. 
Raised in 1812 on the estate of Governor Gore in Waltham, Mass. Fruit medium, 
obovate, greensh-yellow becoming lemon-yellow, very few dots and a few russet streaks, 
slightly browned on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, fine, very melting, buttery and 
juicy; in flavor it is rich, sprightly, juicy and excellent, with little perfume: Oct. 
Hebe. 1. Horticulturist 21:198, fig. 84. 1866. 
Raised by William Sumner of Pomaria, 5. C. Fruit large; specimens have often 
weighed 28 ounces, 6 of fair size of this pear generally weigh 8 lbs., globular, obovate, with 
irregular protuberances, lemon-yellow inclined to greenish, dotted with russet specks and 
blotches; flesh melting, sprightly, buttery, slightly vinous, has no matured seeds, and seldom 
forms seeds at all; Dec. in South Carolina. 
Hedwig von der Osten. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 231. 1889. 
Hedwige d’Osten. 2. Mas. Pom. Gen. 3:173, fig. 183. 1878. 
Herr Schmidt, Blumberg, received this variety from Van Mons under Number 51 and 
