Hemminway. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:143. 1908.
Madame Hemminway. 2. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 18. 1900.
Introduced by Ellwanger and Barry. American. Fruit large, obovate-blunt-pyriform, green turning yellow, russeted; stem long, thick, in a small, narrow cavity; flesh yellowish, melting, sweet, juicy; good; Oct.
Henkel. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:61, fig. 5. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 781, fig. 1869.
Henkel d’Automne. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:272, fig. 1869.
Van Mons raised this pear before 1834 and in 1835 or 1836 it was introduced at Boston by Kenrick and Manning. This is the Cumberland of the Belgians. Fruit rather large, broad-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and patched with russet, sprinkled with green and brown dots; stem rather stout, inclined, inserted by a ring or lip; calyx partially open; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, rich, slightly vinous; very good to best; Sept.
Henri Bivort. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:462. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:273, fig. 1869.
Poire Henri. 3. Mas Le Verger 2:137, fig. 67. 1866-73.
Issued from the last seed beds made at Louvain by Van Mons and bought in 1844 by Bivort who transplanted the seedlings to Geest-Saint-Rémy near Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit large or above medium, obtuse-pyramidal, smooth, olive-yellow, dotted with brown, striped and mottled with greenish russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine, semi-buttery, rather melting, rarely very gritty, juice plentiful, sweet, acid, aromatic and delicate; first; end of Aug.
Henri Bouet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:274, fig. 1869.