This is an ancient Styrian pear variety. Its name comes from the word for autumn (“Hiascht”) since it is ready to harvest in mid-October. The trees grow up to 16m tall. Snow-white flowers with crimson stamens open up at the beginning of May. The leaves of the trees are very hairy and soft on the underside. From mid-October to the beginning of November, the fruit is ripe and can be shaken from the trees for easy collection.