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Greensboro. Medium; red, shaded yellow ; flesh white, juicy, good; early. 

 (Thomas.) 



Hale's Early. Medium, nearly round; skin mottled red, dark red cheek; 

 flesh white, melting, juicy, and high flavored; free from the stone; flowers large. 

 Last of July and the first of August. Tree vigorous and healthy; an abundant 

 bearer ; ripening ten days or two weeks before any other good variety. ( Thomas. ) 



Heath (Heath Clingstone, Fine Heath, White English, Red Heath). The 

 most superb and the most delicious of late clingstones. It seldom ripens in New 

 England, but here, and further to the south, is one of the most valuable kinds; 

 of very large size and of the very finest flavor. Coxe informs vis that this is a 

 seedling produced in Maryland from a stone brought by Mr. Daniel Heath from 

 the Mediterranean, and it is still frequently propagated from the stone, without 

 variation. The tree is vigorous, long-lived, and moderately productive; with the 

 shortening-in method of pruning, the fruit is always large and fine, otherwise of- 

 ten poor. This tree is well deserving of a place on the espalier rail, or wall, at 

 the North. Leaves nearly smooth on the edge, with reniform glands; flowers 

 small ; fruit very large, oblong, narrowing at both ends, and terminating at the 

 apex with a large, swollen point; the suture distinct on one side; skin downy, 

 cream-colored white, with a faint blush or tinge of red in the sun, or a brownish 

 cheek; flesh greenish white, tender and melting, exceedingly juicy, with the rich- 

 est, highest and most luscious flavor, surpassed by no other variety. It adheres 

 very closely to the stone. It ripens in October, and frequently keeps for a month 

 after being gathered. (Downing.) 



Heath Freestone (Hendrick's Heath, Freestone Heath, White Heath). A 

 large, showy, oblong peach, often growing to the largest size, and a very hardy 

 tree, but the quality of the fruit is only second rate. This sort, which is a native 

 of New England, is vigorous, and bears large crops. It is quite distinct from the 

 celebrated Heath Cling. Leaves with reniform glands; flowers small: fruit 

 very large, oblong, with a slight suture, and a small, swollen point at the top; 

 skin pale greenish white, with a purplish red cheek; flesh greenish white, deep 

 red at the stone, a little coarse, melting, quite juicy, with a subacid flavor. Mid- 

 dle of September. (Downing.) 



Hill's Chili (Cass, Climax, Connecticut, Jenny Lind, Leopold, Madison, 

 Queen of Sheba, Seagrove, Seagrove's Smolk, Stanley's Late, Smolk, Sugar, 

 Wilcox). It is now pretty well ascertained that this peach originated on the 

 farm of Deacon Pitman Wilcox, of Riga, Monroe county, New York, more than 

 sixty years since, and is still healthy and bearing fruit. It was first called Con- 

 necticut Peach. The tree is hardy, vigorous, very productive, and considered a 

 valuable market variety. It is also said to reproduce itself from seed, and the 

 many names by which it is called in different localities is no doubt the result of 

 its reproduction. Fruit medium, oval; suture slight, ending a little beyond the 

 apex, which is a small point; skin deep yellow, shaded with dark red, often dark 

 spots or blotches of brownish red where exposed; flesh deep yellow, red at the 

 stone, moderately juicy, half melting, sweet, vinous; separates freely from the 

 stone, which is rather small. Ripens last of September and first of October. 

 ( Thomas.) 



Hynes's Surprise. True freestone when ripe. Resists rot better than 

 Hale's Early, which it resembles. (Munson ct Son's Descriptive Catalogue.) 



