The pears of New York

by U. P. Hedrick

Harigelsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856.

Württemberg, 1830. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, light green changing to golden yellow, with a dark blush; flesh rather astringent, sweet, breaking, aromatic; third for table, not of much account for cooking; Oct.

Harnard. 1. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 11. 1877.

Shown before the New Jersey State Horticultural Society in 1877. Said to be “a seedling from the farm of John Harnard, Springfield,” N. J., and to have originated about 30 years previously. A cooking pear, valued for its regular and abundant bearing and keeping qualities.

Harris (Georgia). 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 779. 1869.

Disseminated from Georgia. Fruit medium, obovate-obtuse to obovate-acute-pyriform, pale yellow, deep red in the sun, many green and brown dots; flesh whitish, buttery, not juicy, sweet; good; Sept.

Harris (Massachusetts). 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 153. 1874. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 149, fig. 1872.

Raised by Lemuel Clapp, Dorchester, Mass., from Urbaniste crossed with Beurré Bosc. Fruit above medium, ovate-pyriform, resembling Beurré Hardy; stem medium long; flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, very tender, melting, juicy, rich, vinous, spirited, aromatic; very good to best; Oct.

Harrison Large Fall. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 575. 1857.