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HAMPTON'S 1? { crE SWEET. 

 Sweet Jersey. 



Origin, W. C. Hampton, Ohio. Tree vigorous, with slender branch- 

 es, hardy and productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish conic, whitish, splashed, striped, and shaded 

 with red. Flesh white, stained next the skin, tender, juicy, pleasant 

 subacid. Good to very good. October. 



HAMPTON'S RUSSET. 



Origin, W. C. Hampton, Ohio. 



Fruit medium to small, roundish conical, yellowish, thinly covered 

 with light russet, splashes and stripes of red. Flesh yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, lively subacid. Good. November, January. 



HANCOCK. 



Originated in Chester Co., Pa. Tree a strong upright grower, not 

 an early bearer. 



Fruit large, roundish, yellowish green, shaded and rather indistinctly 

 splashed with light red. Flesh yellowish, compact^ moderately juicy,, 

 coarse, pleasant subacid. Core small. Good. December to March. 



HANNAH. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish, pale yellow, with stripes and 

 splashes of dull red. Flesh white, coarse, breaking, subacid. Hardly 

 good. Cooking only. October, November. 



HANWELL SOURING. 



Origin, Oxfordshire, England. 



Fruit medium, oblate conic,, greenish yellow, faint blush in the sun. 

 Flesh white, crisp, fine, brisk acid. Good. Cooking. December to 

 April. 



HARE. 

 Watermelon. 



"We received this desirable Apple from New Jersey, but have been 

 unable to learn its history. Tree moderately vigorous, upright. Wood 

 grayish brown. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, slightly conic, greenish, sprinkled with 

 a few gray dots. Stalk short, slender. Calyx small, closed. Flesh 

 white, very tender, juiey r mild pleasant sweet. Yery good. Core 

 rather large. October, November. 



HARBORD'S PIPPIN. 

 Colored Harbord's Pippin. 



Origin, Norfolk, England. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, pale yellowish green, partially russeted. 

 Flesh white, soft, juicy, brisk, acid. November to March. (Hogg.) 



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