even basin. Stem, short in a shallow cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous ; extremely fertile. Leaf, rather large, 

 narrow, pale, nearly flat, widely and bluntly serrate. 

 Origin, this was received at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's garden in 1826, and is supposed to have been 

 raised at Hormead, Herts. A very useful fruit ; a 

 smaller Hambling's Seedling. 



HOUBLON. Card. Chron., 1902, p. n. Dessert, 

 December to January, small to medium, 2\ by if, 

 flattened, round, very regular. Colour, orange-yellow 

 with dark crimson stripes and russet veinings. Flesh, 

 firm, yellow, of good flavour. Eye, closed, in a very 

 shallow basin. Stem, long and thin in a moderately 

 russet cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility moderate. 

 Leaf, roundish, rather dark, flat, a little undulating, 

 crenate or shallow serrate, variable. Origin, raised 

 by Mr. Charles Ross, and introduced in 1901. An 

 attractive fruit very nearly first-class in flavour. 



HOUNSLOW WONDER. Culinary, December to 

 March, medium, 3 by 2j, flattened round, tapering to 

 eye. Colour, pale yellow with dark spots, brown-red 

 flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, firm, crisp, 

 after Wellington style. Eye, small, closed, in a shallow 

 plaited basin. Stem, short in a narrow deep and russet 

 cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility, good. Leaf, 

 moderate, oval, deeply curved serrate. Origin, this 

 new apple was introduced by Messrs. Spooner, of Houns- 

 low, who find it a valuable market variety. 



HUBBARD'S PEARMAIN. Lind. Pom. Brit., 27. 

 Dessert, November to March, small, 2j by 2, conical, 

 regular. Colour, pale yellowish-green, occasionally 

 flushed with dull brownish-red, slightly russet. Flesh, 

 crisp, juicy, greenish, very richly flavoured. Eye, 

 open, in a shallow basin. Stem, rather short in an 

 even cavity. Growth, slender ; very fertile. Leaf, 

 small, oval, nearly flat, irregularly and finely serrate. 

 Origin, a Norfolk variety, known before 1800. An old 

 English variety deserving more recognition for late 

 use. 



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