THE PEACH. 617 



pink and creamy white. Flesh grayish white, delicate, tender, peculiar 

 flavor, partaking slightly of pine-apple and strawberry. First of August ; 

 September at the North. Freestone. 



HOFFNER. 



Hoffner's Seedling 1 . 



Originated near Cincinnati, O. Glands globose. 

 Fruit medium to large, roundish. Skin greenish white, red in the 

 sun. Flesh yellowish white, juicy. August. Freestone. 



HONEY. 



De Montigny. 



This is undoubtedly a variety that reproduces itself from seed with 

 great exactness. The one grown mostly in this country was raised by 

 Charles Downing, many years since, from seed brought from China and 

 presented to him. 



Hogg describes a Honey as having originated at the " Jardin des 

 Plantes," and from Chinese seed. Glands reniform. Flowers large. 



Fruit small, oval, compressed, with a pretty deep suture along one 

 side, and turning the point to the opposite side, giving it the appearance 

 of a beak. Skin whitish yellow, washed and marbled with fine red in 

 the sun. Flesh creamy white, fine, juicy, melting, with a peculiar 

 honeyed, rich, delicious sweet flavor. Freestone. Last of August 



HORTON'S DELICIOUS. 



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

 very small, and within the depression. Suture shallow. Skin mode- 

 rately 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. From 

 first to middle of October. (Clingstone.) 



HULL'S ATHENIAN. 



From Henry Hull, Jr., Athens, Ga. 



Fruit very large, oblong, depressed at apex. Suture a mere line. 

 Skin very downy, yellowish white, marbled with dull red in the sun. 

 Flesh white, pale red at the stone, rather firm and rich. October. 

 Clingstone. 



HYSLOP. 



Hyslop's Clingstone. 



Origin unknown. An American variety, hardy and productive. 

 Glands reniform. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oval. Skin white, with a crim- 

 son cheek. Flesh very juicy, melting, with a rich vinous flavor. Ad- 

 heres to the stone. First of October. 



