Hopfenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:190. 1856.
Hesse, Germany, 1801. Fruit small, obtuse-conic; skin smooth, pale yellow, blushed with a dark glow; flesh rosy, fine, acid, juicy; third for the table, first for kitchen; end of Aug.
Hosenschenk. 1. Horticulturist 8:458. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 784. 1869.
Raised from seed about the year 1803 by John Schenk, Weaver Township, Pa. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, light yellowish-green, rarely blushed; flesh rather coarse, tender, juicy, melting, slightly vinous, with a mild and pleasant flavor; first; end of Aug.
Housatonic. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App., 151. 1876.
Originated in the garden of John J. Howe, Birmingham, Conn. Fruit rather large, globular-pyriform; surface uneven, greenish-yellow, with many green and brown dots; flesh white, semi-fine, juicy, melting, rich, vinous; Nov.
Houser. 1. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 38. 1896.
A native pear reported to the Missouri State Horticultural Society in 1896.
Hovey. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:284, figs. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 784. 1869.
Propagated by André Leroy in 1853 and dedicated by him to the American pomologist Hovey. Fruit medium or above, conic-pyriform or turbinate-obtuse-pyriform, variable but always very long; skin fine and very smooth, bright yellow, finely dotted with gray and stained with patches of russet; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, melting, watery and slightly granular; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, and possessing a musky perfume; first; Nov.