Henriette Van Cauwenberghe. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:171, fig. 86. 1872.
From Lievin Van Cauwenburghe, a business man at Audenarde, Bel., where it bore fruit for the first time about 1827. Fruit medium or nearly large, pyriform-ovate, globular, a little bossed; skin rather thick and firm, pale water-green and whitish, dotted with gray-brown specks; at maturity it becomes dull or orange-yellow and golden on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, abounding in sweet juice, vinous and pleasantly perfumed; good; Oct.
Henry (Connecticut). 1. Cultivator N. S. 2:175, fig. 7. 1845.
A seedling raised by the Hon. H. W. Edwards, Governor of Connecticut and described by him to the Pomological Society of New Haven in 1845. Fruit small, turbinate, green turning to yellow, with a coppery blush; flesh juicy, melting and exceedingly rich and sweet, not surpassed by any in richness; Sept.
Henry (Illinois). 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 302. 1895. 2. Phoenix Nurs. Cat. 13. 1906.
Originated from French pear seed planted in 1871 by Henry C. Henry, Effingham County, Ill. Said to be a hardy and long-keeping pear of good quality. Fruit large, resembling Bartlett in shape and flavor.
Herbelin. 1. Guide Prat. 96. 1876.
Fruit medium, having the appearance of Bartlett; flesh fine, a little dense, very sugary; Sept.
Herbin. 1. Guide Prat.. 96. 1876. 2. Baltet Trait. Cult. Fr. 360. 1908.
A French winter pear cultivated particularly at Saint-Erme, Department Aisne. Fruit medium, long, red; first; Feb. and Mar.