Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

Harvey Allen Quamme

David Michael Hunter

Frank Kappel

William Gordon Bonn

Richard E Layne

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.

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Penticton, Canada

Harvey Allen Quamme