Hawkesbill. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
“The Hawkes bill peare is of a middle size, somewhat like unto the Rowling pears.”
Hays. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1844. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 238. 1854.
Exhibited, from the Pomological Garden, Salem, Mass., at the sixteenth annual meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, September, 1844. Placed on the rejected list of the American Pomological Society in 1854.
Heathcot. 1. Mag. Hort. 12:438, fig. 33. 1846.
Raised in 1812 on the estate of Governor Gore in Waltham, Mass. Fruit medium, obovate, greenish-yellow becoming lemon-yellow, very few dots and a few russet streaks, slightly browned on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, fine, very melting, buttery and juicy; in flavor it is rich, sprightly, juicy and excellent, with little perfume; Oct.
Hebe. 1. Horticulturist 21:198, fig. 84. 1866.
Raised by William Sumner of Pomaria, S. C. Fruit large; specimens have often weighed 28 ounces, 6 of fair size of this pear generally weigh 8 lbs., globular, obovate, with irregular protuberances, lemon-yellow inclined to greenish, dotted with russet specks and blotches; flesh melting, sprightly, buttery, slightly vinous, has no matured seeds, and seldom forms seeds at all; Dec. in South Carolina.
Hedwig von der Osten. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 231. 1889.
Hedwige d’Osten. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:173, fig. 183. 1878.