Huggard. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:147. 1908.
Originated at Whitby, Ontario, Can., from Beurré Clairgeau crossed with Beurré d’Anjou. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, yellow with red blush; flesh sweet, juicy, good; medium late.
Huguenot. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 394. 1845.
Originated by a Mr. Johonnot of Salem, Mass. Rejected by the American Pomologica. Society, October, 1850. Fruit medium, globular, smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled with large spots of bright red; flesh white, fine-grained, semi-breaking, sweet but wanting in flavor and juice; poor; Oct.
Huhle de Printemps. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:159, fig. 368. 1880.
This pear was received in France by M. Papeleu from M. Hartwiss, director of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita, Southern Russia, about 1860. Fruit medium, cylindrical-ovate, rather in form like a small cask or keg, even in contour; skin thick, firm, more or less intense green, dotted with brownish-gray specks, very small and numerous and mingled with small strokes of russet over nearly all the surface; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi-breaking, rather gritty near the core, sufficiently juicy, with a refreshing and agreeable flavor; cooking; end of winter.
Hull. 1. Mag. Hort. 9:432. 1843. 2. Ibid. 10:211. 1844.
The original tree was found in Swansey, Mass., about 1815. Fruit medium, obovate, yellowish-green, russeted, some dull red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, melting, juicy, gritty at core, pleasantly perfumed; good to very good; Oct.
Hungerford Oswego. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 786. 1869.
From Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with brown dots; flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, gritty, sweet; good; Oct.