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red at the stone, melting, juicy, with a very rich, high, 

 vinous flavor ; color, dull greenish yellow, mottled with 

 red, and having a purplish red cheek; size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; 

 season, beginning of August; freestone. 



Eemarks. — The universal, high estimation in which this 

 celebrated peach is held, may be known, if from nothing 

 else, like the Bartlett pear, from the great number of dif- 

 ferent names, or synonymes which arc attached to it. It 

 is a good and regular bearer, a large and handsome fruit, 

 and flourishes well, even in rather uncongenial clim.ates, 

 like Boston, and in nearly all soils. 



HEATH CLIXG, Late Heath, or Heath. Form, oblate, 

 narrow at both ends; glands, serrated; flowers, small; 

 color, greenish t\'^hite ; size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; season, Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Remarks. — American. A very valuable kind in the 

 West and South. Used most for preserves. Of a juicy, 

 rich, luscious flavor. It often reproduces itself from the 

 seed. Trees very hard}^, and producing often when oth- 

 ers fail. The fruit wall keep long, in a cool room, wraj^t 

 in paper. This peach is at the greatest perfection in the 

 State of Maryland, It is equal to the very best when 

 perfectly rij^e, and the best for preserving. The juice is 

 most plentiful. 



HiNE Seedling. Form, round ; leaves, globose ; flow- 

 ers, large; flesh, juicy, sweet, good ; color, red and yellow; 

 size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; season, September ; clingstone. 



Remarks. — American ; from the Heath Cling, but of 

 finer color, and believed to be earlier. Raised by Daniel 

 Hine, of Talmadge, Ohio. Fruit premium awarded to it 

 by the Ohio Pomological Society. 



HONEST JOHN, see Nexo York Rareripe, La Grange. 



