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than of any other variety. The serious faults which mar the plants are : They are suscep- 

 tible to rosette, anthracnose and streak disease; they winter kill badly where several other 

 varieties are perfectly hardy; they are adapted to comparatively few soils; they make a 

 late growth which sometimes does not mature in short seasons; and they require a rich soil 

 and high cultivation to induce even average productivity. The parent plant of this variety 

 was found growing wild in a ravine on the farm of R. & P. Gregg, Ohio County, Indiana, 

 in 1866. The American Pomological Society added Gregg to its fruit catalog list 

 in 1879. 



Plants tall, vigorous, upright-spreading, ripen their wood late in the fall, somewhat 

 tender to cold, variable in 3aeld, not very healthy, susceptible to rosette, anthracnose and 

 the streak disease; canes medium to thick, numerous, dull brown, variable in amount of 

 bloom; prickles of average thickness, strong, rather few, brownish; leaflets quite large, 

 3-5, usually 3, with the lower two often lobed, oval, thick, attractive dark green, rugose, 

 with serrate margins; petiole medium in length and thickness, slightly prickly, glabrous. 

 Flowers late, numerous, in clusters near the tips of the branches; pedicels short, very prickly; 

 calyx small, pubescent. Fruit late, quite susceptible to injury by unfavorable weather 

 conditions; large to very large, broadly hemispherical, black with tinge of purple and 

 with hea\^ bloom ; drupelets large, round, usually cohering strongly, yet crumbling on some 

 soils; flesh juicy, firm, rich and highly flavored but variable; quality usually good. 



Hale Early, i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 278. 1890. 



Sent out for trial in 1888 by G. H. & J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Connecticut, 

 but pro\'ing inferior to other sorts was never introduced. Plants vigorous, unproductive; 

 fniit of medium size, firm, seedy, sweet; very good; early midseason. 



Hamilton, i. Horticulturist 24:274. 1869. 



Discovered in the wild in 1867 by a Mr. Hamilton, Bartlett Station, Tennessee, who 

 brought it under cultivation. Fruit large, sweet. 



Hannibal, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 265, PI. IX. 1892. 



Extra Late. 2. Ibid. 394. 1891. 



Sent to the Pomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture in 1891 by 

 W. J. Bradt, North Hannibal, New York, under the name E.Ktra Late, which was changed 

 to Hannibal at the suggestion of H. E. Van Deman, pomologist. Described by him as 

 vigorous, productive ; fruit large, roimdish oblate ; drupelets numerous, regular, black, with- 

 out bloom, excellent ; several days later than Gregg. 



Hanover Pink. 



A chance seedling found in a fence comer in 19 19 by Samuel Higgs, Forestville, New 

 York, who propagated it, and sent plants to this Station for trial in 1921. This variety 

 has value only as a ciuiosity, the fruits cnunble, are not high in quaHty and are an unattrac- 

 tive amber color. 



Harrison, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 100. 1891. 



A chance seedling found about 1874 by H. S. Harris, Whig Lane, Salem County, New 

 Jersey. In 1891 it was exhibited at a meeting of the American Pomological Society by 



