414 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
dedicated it to the daughter of a zealous pomologist of his country. Fruit rather large, 
long-pyriform, rather deformed in contour, water-green changing to dull pale yellow, 
usually rather golden on the face next the sun; flesh whitish, fine, buttery, very melting, 
very juicy and delicately perfumed; good for amateurs; Sept. and Oct. 
Hegeman. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 780. 1869. 
Hagerman. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 275. 1867. 
Originated on the farm of Andrew Hegeman, North Hempstead, Long Island. Fruit 
medium, globular-ovate, rather variable in form and color, greenish-yellow, netted and 
dotted with russet; flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, sweet; good to very good; Sept. 
Heilige Angelika-Birne. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:108. 1856. 
Coblenz, 1792; published by Diel, 1806. Fruit rather large, obtuse-conic, with unequal 
sides, pale green changing to light yellowish-green, dotted with rusty gray, and rather 
russeted on the side touched by the sun; flesh whitish, with light green veinings, fine-grained, 
buttery; first for dessert and household use; Nov. and Dec. 
Héléne Grégoire. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:70, fig. 1856. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:270, fig. 
1869. 
Xavier Grégoire, a tanner at Jodoigne, Bel., obtained this pear in 1840 from a bed of 
the seeds of the pear Pastorale. Fruit large or very large, ovate, inclined to be contorted 
at times, smooth, shining, dotted and veined with russet, stained with the same around 
the stem and calyx; flesh white, fine, melting, semi-buttery, green under the skin, free from 
grit, full of sweet juice, delicate and possessed of an exquisite buttery flavor; first; early Oct. 
Hellmann Melonenbirn. 1. Koch Deut. Obst. 481. 1876. 2. Lauche Deut. Pom. IU: 
No. 39, Pl. 39. 1882. 
German; first published in 1860. Fruit large, globular-obtuse, very variable; skin 
thick, dark green becoming citron-yellow at maturity, large russet dots, slightly washed 
with red on the sunny. side; flesh yellowish-white, melting, agreeably sweet and vinous, 
very juicy and having a muscatel flavor; Nov. and Dec. 
Hemminway. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:143. 1908. 
Madame Hemminway. 2. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 18. 1900. 
Introduced by Ellwanger and Barry. American. Fruit large, obovate-blunt-pyri- 
form, green turning yellow, russeted; stem long, thick, in a small, narrow cavity; flesh 
yellowish, melting, sweet, juicy; good; Oct. 
Henkel. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:61, fig, 5. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 781, fig. 1869. 
Henkel d’Automne. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:272, fig. 1869. 
Van Mons raised this pear before 1834 and in 1835 or 1836 it was introduced at Boston 
by Kenrick and Manning. This is the Cumberland of the Belgians. Fruit rather 
large, broad-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and patched with russet, sprinkled 
with green and brown dots; stem rather stout, inclined, inserted by a ring or lip; calyx 
partially open; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, rich, slightly vinous; very good to best; Sept. 
Henri Bivort. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:462. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:273, fig. 1869. 
Poire Henri. 3. Mas Le Verger 2:137, fig. 67. 1866-73. 
Issued from the last seed beds made at Louvain by Van Mons and bought in 1844 by 
Bivort who transplanted the seedlings to Geest-Saint-Rémy near Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit 
