Plate XVIII. 
6. YELLOW HUFFCAP. 
This Pear is figured in the Pomona Herefordiensis , PI. xxiv. 
Description. —Fruit: turbinate. Skin : entirely covered with rough, brown russet, but not so 
much so as to obscure the green ground colour, which is shown through the specks. Eye : open, small, 
with short, horny segments, set even with the surface. Stalk : three quarters of an inch long, inserted 
without depression. Flesh : yellowish with a greenish tinge. 
The Yellow Huffcap is a very favourite pear in the neighbourhood of Ledbury. The tree is 
hardy ; it is earlier than the Black Huffcap ; and it bears freely, though usually in great abundance 
every second year. Its Perry is excellent. It is richer and has more body than the Oldfield Perry. 
“ I always win the prize with the Yellow Huffcap Perry,” says Mr. Hill, of Eggleton. 
The chemical analysis of the juice of this Pear (1879) made by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., 
is as follows :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... .. ... i'0462 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air ... ... i'0490 
One hundred parts by weight contained :— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 11’244 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 2‘290 
Water ... ... ... ... 86’466 
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