382 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



fainlly Ijlushed; flesh firm, moderately juicy, astringent; stone clinging, short, lilunt; 



good for canning. 



Hobson Choice, i. Ga. Sta. Bid. 42:236. 1898. 



Originated on the grounds of the Georgia Experiment Station. It is very similar to 

 Admiral Dewey. Tree low in habit, spreading; leaves with globose glands; frtiit of medium 

 size, globular, deep yellow; freestone; ripens the last of June. 

 HofiEmanns White, i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 1831. 



Glands renifonn; flowers small; fruit of medium size, whitish, with a red blush; flesh 

 melting; quality good; ripens from the beginning to the middle of September. 

 Hoffmans Favorite, i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 1831. 



Leaves with renifonn glands; flowers small; fruit medium in size, melting, white; of 

 second quality; ripens early in September. 

 Hoffner. i. Elliott Fr. Book 292. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 617. 1869. 



Originated near Cincinnati, Ohio. Glands globose; fruit mediimi to large, roundish; 

 skin greenish-white, blushed; flesh yellowish-white, juicy; freestone; ripens in August. 

 Holderbaum. i. Rural N. Y. 59:706. 1900. 



Holder. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:347. 1903. 



Holderbaum originated in the mountains of Pennsylvania. The trees on the Station 

 grounds are weak and only moderately productive. Leaves with small, globose glands; 

 flowers appear in mid-seascn; fruit medivmi to above in size, roundish-oblate; ca\'ity deep, 

 narrow; suture deepens at the apex, often extending entirely aroimd the fruit, with a 

 mucronate tip at the apex; skin thin, tough, covered with short, thick pubescence, creamy- 

 white, with a slight blush of red, often mottled with darker red; flesh white, tinged at the 

 stone, juicy, melting, .sprightly, rich; very good; stone free, rather small, oval; ripens at 

 the end of August. 

 Hollister. i. ///. Hon. Soc. Rpt. 169. 1895. 



Mentioned as a small, dry, white peach ripening in October. 

 Holsinger Salwey. i. Stark Bros. Cat. 24. 191 2. 



According to Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri, this variety is supposed to be an 

 improved Sah\-ey from the orchard of Major Frank Holsinger, Wyandotte Count}-, Kansas. 

 Rated by Mr. Holsinger as the best of forty-nine Salwey seedlings raised by him. 

 Holt Early, i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 188. 1881. 



An early, white freestone from Warsaw, Illinois. 

 Honest Abe. i. Cat. Bd. Hort. Rpt. 69. 1883. 2. Wickson Cal. Fruits 312. 1891. 



Honest Abe is a California variety from Healdsburg; said to be curl-proof. Fruit 

 large, yellow, blushed; ripens between the Crawfords. 



Honest John. i. U. 5. Pat. Of. Rpt. 299. 1854. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1856. 

 3. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 115. 1873. 4. Mich. Sta. /?;.-/. 59: 14. 1890. 5. ^Hch. 

 Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:46. 1910. 



Honest John is an old variety whose origin is given both as in western New York and 

 as in Michigan. The Honest John gro\%-n in Michigan and disseminated by C. C. Engle of 

 Paw Paw, is probably the true variety. Half a century ago it was grown extensiveh" in 

 l)each-sections but inferior quality and small size of fruit condemn it. Several writers 



