Rushmore. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:608, fig. 1869.
A fine old baking pear of American origin. Fruit large, irregular, inclined, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, pale yellow with a red cheek; Aug. to Oct.
Hartberger Mostbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 14, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Hungary and Austria. Fruit medium, globular and irregular, somewhat acute toward the stalk, dark green turning to yellow-green, finely dotted and much covered with russet; flesh greenish-white, abnormally large core and seeds, firm and juicy; Oct.
Harte Neapolitanerin. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:192. 1856.
Although cultivated mainly at Naples, Italy, in the middle of the last century and called the pear of Naples, it appears to have been first published in France in 1802. Fruit medium, turbinate, medium ventriculous, light green changing to lemon-yellow, blushed; flesh firm, sweetish, aromatic; very good for culinary uses; Jan. to summer.
Harvard. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 2:457. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 779. 1869. Belle de Flushing. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:201, fig. 1867.
Originated at Cambridge, Mass. In 1851 it was taken from America to France without a label by Parsons, a nurseryman at Flushing, N. Y., and was named Belle de Flushing by Leroy. Fruit rather large, oblong-pyriform, russety olive-yellow, with a brownish-red cheek; in France it seems to develop a vivid red on the side exposed to the sun, finely dotted with fawn; flesh white, semi-fine, tender, melting, slightly gritty; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous and agreeably musky; second; a fine commercial variety; Aug. and Sept.
Harvest. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 779. 1869.
An American variety. Fruit below medium, globular, pale yellow, tinged with brown-red on exposed side, brown and green dots; flesh whitish, not very juicy or melting, but sweet, pleasant; good; July.