Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

David Michael Hunter

Harvey Allen Quamme

Frank Kappel

William Gordon Bonn

Richard E Layne

The invention is a new and distinct pear tree variety denominated 'HW624'. The new pear tree is characterized by producing heavy crops of medium-to large-sized fruit, picked about 2 weeks after 'Bartlett'. Fruits are green when harvested, turning yellow as fruits ripen, and there is a medium red blush where exposed to the sun. There were no natural fire blight infections on the seedling tree, and results from controlled inoculations indicate a high level of resistance to fire blight. The tree is also highly resistant to pear psylla.

Pear tree named 'HW624'

A new and distinct variety of pear tree, which has been given the designation 'HW610', which produces a high quality, attractive mid-season fruit and has a good to very good rating for quality of fresh and processed fruit.

Pear tree named 'HW610'

'HW616' is an early season high quality pear primarily for the fresh market that has an attractive golden yellow fruit with no blush, smooth skin, very good balance between sweetness and acidity, that is exceptionally juicy and has excellent resistance to natural fire blight.

'HW616' Pear

A new and distinct cultivar of pear, which has been given the designation Harrow Sweet, bears a high quality late-season pear for the fresh market.

Growing community of inventors

St. Catharines, Canada

David Michael Hunter