Introd. for early freshmarket and home-garden use. Origin: at Res. Sta., Harrow, Ont., Canada, by H.A. Quamme, Agr. Can. Introd. in 1982. Purdue 80-51 (Old Home × Early Sweet) × Bartlett. Cross made by R.E.C. Layne, Res. Sta., Harrow; selected in 1973; tested as HW-603. Tree: spreading; vigor moderate; productive; leaves ovate with rounded base, leaf serrations indistinct; flowers white; resistance to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) slightly less than Old Home. Cross fertile with Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou, and Harvest Queen. Fruit: 5% smaller than that of Bartlett; ovate-pyriform, shallow, broad basin; flesh quality high, juicy, grit equal to that of Bartlett, flavor as good as that of Bartlett but distinctly different; skin lightgreen to yellow-green ground color with 20% to 30% covered with a light blush, no russeting; processed fruit inferior to that of Bartlett and only a little better than that of Kieffer; ripens 2 weeks before Bartlett.