616 THE PEACH. 



HASTINGS' RARERIPE. 



Origin unknown. Globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit above medium, round, often a little flattened. Skin yellowish 

 white, having a purplish-red cheek on the sunny side, shaded oft* with 

 specks of the same color. Productive, juicy, and of delicious flavor. 

 Middle of September. Freestone. 



HATCH. 



Originated with S. O. Hatch, Franklin, Conn. Hardy and valuable 

 at the North. Glands globose. 



Fruit roundish, pointed. Suture shallow. Skin deep yellow blush 

 in the sun. Flesh yellow, melting, sweet, and excellent. Freestone. 

 First of September. (Cole.) 



HATIVE DE FERRIERES. 



An early French variety. Leaves without glands. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Suture shallow ; one side a little enlarged. 

 Skin white, nearly covered with rich red. Flesh white, slightly tinged 

 at the stone, juicy, melting, with a sweet, rich, vinous flavor. Freestone. 

 Ripe last of August, just after Early York. 



HEATH. 



Heath Clingstone. Fine Heath. White English. Red Heath. 



The most superb and most delicious of all late Clingstones. It 

 seldom ripens in New England, but here, and to the southward, it is 

 one of the most valuable kinds, of very large size, and the very finest 

 flavor. 



Coxe informs us that this is a seedling produced in Maryland from 

 a stone brought by Mr. Daniel Heath from the Mediterranean ; and it 

 is frequently still propagated from the stone, -without variation. The 

 tree is vigorous, long-lived, and moderately productive ; with the short- 

 ening-in mode of pruning, the fruit is always large and fine, otherwise 

 often poor. This tree is well deserving of a place on the espalier rail, or 

 wall, at the North. Leaves nearly smooth on the edges, with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit very large, oblong, narrowing to both ends, and terminating at 

 the top with a large swollen point; the suture distinct on one side. 

 Skin downy, cream-colored white, with a faint blush or tinge of red in 

 the sun, or a brownish cheek. Flesh greenish white, very tender and 

 melting, exceedingly juicy, with the richest, highest, and most luscious 

 flavor, surpassed by no other variety. It adheres very closely to the 

 stone. It ripens in October, and frequently keeps for a month after 

 being gathered. 



HENRY CLAY. 



A Southern Peach, introduced and described in the Horticulturist by 

 Rev. A. B. Lawrence, Woodville, Miss. } 



Fruit very large. Skin deep purple in the sun, shading to bright 



