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quarter-century ago but nothing is known of its parentage or by whom grown. 

 The variety was introduced by J. H. Lindley, Whitehouse, New Jersey. It 

 was put on the fruit-Hst of the American Pomological Society in 1909. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped not always productive; trunk 

 thick; branches smooth, dark ash-gray mingled with reddish-brown; branchlets medium 

 to slender, with internodes of medium length, greenish-brown, smooth, glabrous, with 

 numerous small, raised lenticels. 



Leaves six inches long, one and one-half inches wide, folded upward and recurved, 

 oval to obovate-lanceolate, medium in thickness, leathery; upper surface dark green, 

 smooth; lower surface light green, with a prominent midrib; margin glandular, finely 

 serrate; petiole three-eighths inch long, with one to six reniform glands of medium size, 

 usually on the petiole; flower-buds medium to small, conical, free; season of bloom late; 

 flowers small. 



Fruit matures very late ; two and three-fourths inches long, two and five-eighths inches 

 thick, oblong-oval, often bulged on one side, compressed; cavity contracted, below medium 

 in depth, flaring; suture shallow, extending only to the tip; apex distinctly mucronate 

 or roundish, sometimes tapering; color pale greenish or creamy-white, occasionally with 

 a light blush; pubescence heavy; skin medium to thin, tender, adherent to the pulp; flesh 

 white, stained brown next to the pit, juicy, tender, sweet, mild; quality good; stone semi- 

 free one and five-eighths inches long, more than one inch wide, somewhat wedge-like 

 at the base, obovate, pliunp, long-pointed at the apex, winged, with large, wide and deep 

 grooves in the surfaces; ventral suture with wide, deep furrows; dorsal suture grooved 

 deeply, winged. 



J. H. HALE 



1. W. p. Stark Cat. 45-55. 1913. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 203. 1913. 



Of many new peaches, J. H. Hale is now the leading aspirant for 

 pomological honors. Indeed, it is one of the sensations of the pomo- 

 logical world, the variety having many merits to commend it and the 

 name and fame of the originator and of the introducers, together with 

 extensive advertising, helping much to bring the peach to the attention 

 of fruit-growers. Elberta is now the standard commercial peach and, 

 since J. H. Hale must make its way in competition with the variety in 

 command of the markets, we can best set forth the characters of the new 

 sort by comparing it with Elberta with which all are familiar. The 

 comparison is easy to make, for the two peaches are of the same general 

 type, Elberta, probably, being' one of the parents of J. H. Hale. 



In size of fruit, J. H. Hale averages larger — all things considered 

 a trifle too large when the trees are at their best. The flesh of J. H. Hale 

 is firmer and heavier and the peaches will ship and keep longer than those 

 of Elberta. In shape, the fruit is almost a perfect sphere, its symmetry 



