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around. Flesh yellow, mild vinous, tender; pit free; quality very 

 good. A standard market variety. Pennsylvania. 



Gold Drop (Golden Drop). Medium, roundish ovate; color rich 

 yellow or, as it grows in the South, "a sort of transparent golden- 

 yellow," often with blushed cheek; cavity broad, shallow; suture 

 obscure except near apex. Flesh yellow, vinous, almost sweet, good; 

 pit free. Attractive in market. 



Goode (Goode's October). Large, roundish oblong; color white, 

 splashed and veined with red, and quite downy. Flesh white with 

 red at pit, juicy, vinous, good. Grown mainly in the South. South 

 Carolina. 



Greensboro. Medium to large, round; color yellow with red and 

 crimson cheek. Flesh white, very juicy, good. A North Carolina 

 variety larger than Alexander and earlier in season. North Carolina. 



Haines Early. Large, roundish, flattened at top; color light 

 with deep-red cheek; suture well marked, extending round the fruit 

 with sides very unequal. Flesh greenish white, juicy, melting, 

 sweet, good. New Jersey. 



Hale. Medium round; color creamy white with red cheek and 

 light bloom; cavity abrupt and quite deep; suture extends to apex. 

 Flesh creamy white, tender, sprightly; pit half free; good. Grown 

 commercially. Ohio. 



Hance (Hance's Golden). Medium to large, roundish; color 

 yellow with dark-red cheek and considerable bloom; suture obscure 

 except near apex; cavity broad. Flesh yellow with red -at pit, 

 tender, vinous, good; pit free. Season, early. 



Heath (Heath's Cling). Very large, oblong, narrowed at both ends 

 with decided point at the top; color -yellowish white with red cheek 

 in interior climates; suture distinct, extending to apex. Flesh 

 greenish white, tender, melting; quality nearly best; pit not free. 

 Maryland. 



Holder (Holderbaum). Very large, roundish; color creamy yellow 

 with crimson cheek. Flesh creamy yellow streaked with red to the 

 pit, quite firm, luscious; pit free. Tree hardy and profitable in 

 Maryland. 



Honey. Medium to small, oval to oblong, pointed; color whitish 

 mottled with carmine. Flesh yellow with red at the pit; good 

 to very good. Widely grown as a home fruit on account of its 

 remarkable sweetness. It has varied by seedling production from the 



