422 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
d’Anjou. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, yellow with red blush; flesh sweet, juicy, good; 
medium late. 
Huguenot. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 394. 1845. 
Originated by a Mr. Johonnot of Salem, Mass. Rejected by the American Pomologica. 
Society, October, 1850. Fruit medium, globular, smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled with large 
spots of bright red; flesh white, fine-grained, semi-breaking, sweet but wanting in flavor 
and juice; poor; Oct. 
Huhle de Printemps. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:150, fig. 368. 1880. 
This pear was received in France by M. Papeleu from M. Hartwiss, director of the 
Imperial Gardens at Nikita, Southern Russia, about 1860. Fruit medium, cylindrical- 
ovate, rather in form like a small cask or keg, even in contour; skin thick, firm, more or less 
intense green, dotted with brownish-gray specks, very small and numerous and mingled 
with small strokes of russet over nearly all the surface; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi- 
breaking, rather gritty near the core, sufficiently juicy, with a refreshing and agreeable 
flavor; cooking; end of winter. 
Hull. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:432. 1843. 2. Ibid to:211. 1844. 
The original tree was found in Swansey, Mass., about 1815. Fruit medium, obovate, 
yellowish-green, russeted, some dull red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, 
melting, juicy, gritty at core, pleasantly perfumed; good to very good; Oct. 
Hungerford Oswego. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 786. 1869. 
From Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with brown dots; flesh white, 
buttery, melting, juicy, gritty, sweet; good; Oct. 
Hunt Connecticut. 1. Mag. Hort. 123305. 1846. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 575. 1857. 
An American cooking pear. Rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1854. 
Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish-green, coarse, dry, and sweet. 
Huntington. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:111, fig. 4. 1857. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:155, fig. 76. 
1866-73. 
A wilding found by James Huntington, New Rochelle, N. Y. In 1857 it was consid- 
ered to be 20 or 30 years old. Fruit under medium, globular-obovate, yellow, with num- 
erous russet dots and sometimes a red cheek; flesh fine texture, buttery, slightly vinous, 
with a delicate aroma; very good; Sept. 
Hurbain d’Hiver. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884. 
Fruit small, Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in outline, fine golden yellow in 
the shade, sttewed and mottled with patches of thin cinnamon-colored russet, with a patch 
of russet around the stalk, washed with bright red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, 
melting, rather coarse, juicy, sweet, without much perfume; second; Nov. 
Hussein Armudi. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 594. 1884. 
An oriental pear, published in 1832. Fruit below medium, obovate, smooth, bright 
green at first changing to greenish-yellow, strewed with russety dots of brown and some 
traces of russet; flesh whitish, gritty at core, tender, melting, very juicy, with a rich, vinous, 
sweet flavor; first for table; Sept. 
Hutcherson. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P.I. Bul. 126:148. 1908. 
Reported in the experimental orchard at Agassiz, B. C., in 1900. Fruit medium, 
obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sweet; mid-season. 
