420 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
variable, light yellow, blushed and dotted with yellowish specks becoming greenish at 
maturity, thin-skinned; flesh breaking, musky, aromatic; third for dessert, first for kitchen; 
Aug. 
Holmer. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884. 
A well-known perry pear in Herefordshire, Eng. Fruit very small, globular-turbinate, 
even and regular in outline, dull greenish-yellow when ripe, and thickly covered with russet 
dots, so as to form a kind of crust on the surface; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and very 
astringent. 
Homestead. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 150. 1876. 
Raised by Asahel Foote, Williamstown, Mass., from seed of White Doyenné. Fruit 
medium or above, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, often pale yellow when fully 
matured, sometimes a shade of brownish-red where exposed, slightly netted and patched 
with russet and many russet dot; flesh whitish, rather coarse around the core, semi-fine, 
melting, sweet, juicy, slightly vinous and aromatic; Nov. and Dec. 
Honey. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:216. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 784. 1860. 
Deux Fois L’An. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:20, fig. 1869. 
Although known in this country as Honey, its original European name is Deux Fois 
lAn, or Two Times a Year, on account of its flowering twice in the season, the second crop 
ripening in September or October. It is of ancient and uncertain origin, but Le Lectier 
at Orléans possessed it in his immense orchard in 1598, and Merlet described it in 1675. 
Fruit medium or below, globular-pyriform, rarely very obtuse, generally much swelled in 
the lower part, diminishing abruptly toward the stem, rather bright greenish-yellow, 
stained and dotted with gray chiefly on the side exposed to the sun where it is also rayed 
and washed with carmine; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-breaking, granular around the core; 
juice sufficient, sugary and possessing a pleasant, musky flavor; Aug. 
Honey (Russia). 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 21. 1887. 2. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P.I. Bul. 
126:146. 1908. 
Introduced from Russia in 1879 under the Russian name Gliva Medovaya. Fruit 
small, globular-pyriform, yellow, blushed red; flesh coarse, juicy, sweet; mid-season. 
Honey Dew. 1. Stark Bros. Cat. 55. 1921. 
Originated by Mr. Raabe of Illinois and introduced by Stark Bros. in 1921. Fruit 
large, roundish, golden-yellow, almost covered with rich russet; flesh tender, crisp, very 
juicy, sweet; early fall. 
Honigbergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:78. 1856. 
Nassau, 1833. Fruit medium, globular, symmetrical; skin smooth, uniformly greenish- 
yellow, brownish-red on the side next the sun; flesh semi-melting, aromatic; second for 
dessert; first for general culinary uses; Sept. 
Honnelbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 38, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear grown in Lower Austria. Fruit fairly large, long-pyriform; skin rather 
smooth and shining, greenish-yellow changing to yellow; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, 
very juicy, saccharine, rather astringent and feebly aromatic; Oct. 
Hoosic. 1. W. N.Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 116. 1880. 2. Ont. Dept. Ag. Fr. Oni. 166. 1914. 
Raised by A. Foote, Williamstown, Mass., from seed of Hacon Incomparable, and 
