PLATE LXX. 
6 . DANA’S HOVEY. 
An American variety, supposed to be a seedling from the Seckle pear. It is named after 
Mr. Hovey (pronounced “ Huvvy,”) the great nurseryman of Boston, Massachusets. 
Description. —Fruit: below medium size, roundish pyriform. Skin : pale green, with a light 
russet, more marked round the eye and stalk. Eye: small and open, very slightly depressed. 
Stalk : half an inch long, inserted obliquely in a small and narrow cavity on one side of the apex of 
the fruit. Flesh : melting, sweet, and juicy, with a pleasant aroma, “a veritable bonne bouche .” 
A delicious fruit, in season in November. 
Tree, small and hardy. It makes an excellent compact pyramid on the quince stock. It 
comes early into bearing, and usually bears so abundantly, if allowed to do so, as to check its growth. 
