Hawes Winter

Pear

Origin/History

Origin, King and Queen County, Virginia, on the farm of the Hawes family. Elliott attributes his description to H.R. Roby. Hedrick references Downing (1857) and Elliott (1859) as his sources.

Tree

Vigorous and productive.

Fruit

Size: Downing describes the fruit as medium or below; Elliott, Hedrick, and Thomas all describe it as large.

Form: Roundish, slightly flattened. Hedrick describes it as globular, slightly flattened.

Skin: Downing describes the color as greenish yellow, with traces and spots of russet. Elliott, Hedrick, and Thomas describe it as dull yellow at maturity, with russet spots.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Flesh/Flavor: Downing describes the flesh as whitish, buttery, half melting, juicy, sweet, and rates the quality as "Good." Elliott and Hedrick describe the flesh as a little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet, vinous. Thomas describes it as coarse, juicy, rich, vinous.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Downing gives November. Elliott and Hedrick give November to January. Thomas gives December.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 4 period pomological works

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Hawes' Winter.

Morgan. Hewes' Winter.

Origin, King and Queens Co., Va., on the farm of the Hawes family. Tree vigorous, productive.

Fruit medium or below, roundish, greenish yellow, with traces and spots of russet. Flesh whitish, buttery, half melting, juicy, sweet. Good. November.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Hawes Winter.

Downing Fr. Trees Am. 506. 1857.

Elliott Fr. Book 389. 1859.

[Origin: County, Virginia.]

Fruit large, globular, slightly flattened, dull yellow at maturity, with russet spots; flesh a little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet, vinous; Nov. to Jan.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

Hawe's Winter. Origin, King and Queen counties, Va., on the farm of the Hawe's family. Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, large, roundish, slightly flattened ; color, at maturity, dull yellow, with russet spots ; flesh, a little coarse, very juicy, rich, sweet, vinous. November to January. (H. R. Roby.)

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Hawes' Winter. Larger, roundish, dull yellow; coarse; juicy, rich, vinous. December. Va.

— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)

Hewes' Winter Morgan Morgan