THE PEAK. 
50V 
Hawe’s family. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit large, 
roundish, slightly flattened. Colour at maturity dull yellow, 
with russet spots. Flesh a little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet* 
vinous. November to January. (H. E. Eoby, Ms.) 
Heathcot. Man. 
Gore’s Heathcot. Ken. 
The Heathcot originated on the farm of Governor Gore, in 
Waltham, Mass., by Mr. Heathcot, then a tenant; the original 
tree came into bearing in 1824. Young shoots upright, reddish- 
brown. 
Fruit of medium size, regularly obovate. Skin pale greenish- 
yellow, with a very few dots, and a few russet streaks. Stalk 
an inch long, planted in a very small cavity. Calyx closed, and 
set in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Flesh white, buttery, 
and melting, moderately juicy, with an agreeable, vinous flavour. 
Middle and last of September. 
Henkel. 
One of Van Mons’ seedlings, growth vigorous, upright, young 
wood, dull brown. 
Fruit medium, obovate, uneven. Skin lemon-yellow, some- 
what patched with cinnamon russet, specked with dull green. 
Stalk long, inserted in a small cavity. Calyx open, in a shallow 
uneven basin. Flesh yellowish, rather coarse, melting, and 
juicy. Flavour sprightly vinous, perfumed, and excellent. Octo- 
ber. (Hov. Mag.) 
Henry the Fourth. Lind. 
Henri Quatre. Thomp. Jaquin. 
Favori Musque du Conseiller. Van Mons. Beurre Ananas. 
Poire Ananas. 
This little pear, perhaps not very attractive in appearance, 
being small, and of a dull colour, is one of our greatest favour- 
ites as a desert fruit. It always bears well — often too abun- 
dantly. Young shoots diverging, yellowish -brown. 
Fruit below medium size, roundish-pyriform. Skin pale 
greenish-yellow, dotted with small grey specks. Stalk rather 
more than an inch long, slender, bent, and obliquely planted on 
a slightly flattened prominence, or under a swollen lip. Galvx 
small, placed in a shallow abrupt basin. Flesh whitish, not very 
fine grained, but unusually juicy and melting, with a rich, deli- 
cately perfumed flavour. It should always be ripened in the 
house. Early in September. 
