298 THE PEACH. 



HILL'S CHILI. 



Fruit, medium, roundish elongated, yellow, with red cheek ; flesh, yel- 

 low, juicy, sweet, slight sub-acid ; productive. 



HOFFNER. 



Hoffner's Seedling. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, medium or above, roundish, whitish, 

 with red in sun; flesh, yellowish white. Free-stone. August. 



HONEY PEACH. 



A new Seedling peach, originated by H. Lyons, Esq., of Columbia, S. 

 C. Fruit, large, oblong, coming to a sharp recurved point ; the color of the 

 skin is of a yellowish white ground, mottled with red and crimson ; flesh, 

 very fine, tender, juicy, of a peculiar delicious honeyed sweetness, white, 

 with a few red veins round the stone. The stone has the same peculiar 

 sharp recurved point as the fruit. Tree, a thrifty grower, and productive ; 

 the foliage is small, resembling a wild seedling. It is undoubtedly one of 

 the finest peaches, and its earliness will make it the standard market 

 variety. It commences ripening at the South about June 25, and lasts 

 until July 15th. (Berckmans' Col.) 



^ HORTON'S DELICIOUS. 



Fruit, large, roundish, inclining to oval, depressed at apex, point very 

 small, and within the depression ; suture, shallow ; skin, moderately 

 downy, of a rich, creamy white, with a faint blush in the sun ; flesh, white 

 to the stone, with the exact flavor of a Heath cling ; quality, " best." 

 From first to middle of October. (Ga. Pom. S. Kept.) 



HUBBARD'S EARLY. 



IVledium, white, with a little red; flesh, juicy, very fair. July to 

 August. 



IMPERIAL (Middleton's) . 



American. Flowers, small ; glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish; 

 yellow, with red in sun ; flesh, yellowish, sweet. Free-stone. September 

 fifteenth. 



IMPERIAL (Pettit's.) 



sAmerican. Flowers, small ; glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish 

 oval, yellow, with red in sun ; flesh, yellowish, juicy, sweet, sub-acid. 

 Free-stone. Middle September. 



INCOMPARABLE. 



Pavie Admirable, | Late Admirable Cling. 



Foreign. Valuable only for market. Trees, healthy, productive ; flow- 

 ers, small ; glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish, swelling a little on 

 one side, yellowish white, with red cheek ; flesh, yellowish white, red at 

 stone, juicy. Cling-stone. Late September. 



JACKSON CLING. 



Raised by Mrs. L. A. Franklin. Athens, Ga. Fruit, large, oblong, with 

 a very large, swollen point ; skin, rich, dark yellow, covered with dark 

 red in the sun; flesh, rather firm, orange-yellow, and dark red at the 

 stone ; juicy sprightly, rich, and delicious ; quality, '" best." Last of 

 August. (Ga. Pom. S. Rep.) 



