378 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Halsteads Early, i. IT. \\i. Sta. Bid. 82:406. 1902. 



Halsteads Early is a white-fleshed peach of medium size, ripening in West \'irginia the 

 last of August. 

 Hamner. i. Card. Moii. 18:241. 1876. 



A chance seedling clingstone which sprung up in Galveston, Texas. 

 Hance. i. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:347. 1903. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 169:215. 

 1S99. 



Hance Golden Rareripe. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 124. 1S81. 



Hance Golden. 4. Mich. Sta. Bid. 104:89. 1894. 



Hance originated in New Jersey. Trees fairly strong, moderately productive; glands 

 globose; flowers small; fnut medium to large, roundish; suture indistinct; cavity broad; 

 color yellow, with a dark red cheek in the sun; flesh yellow, red at the pit, juicy, tender, 

 vinous: quality good; pit free; season early September. 

 Hance Smock. 1. Mich. Sta. Bid. lo^-.Sg. 1894. 2.7^^.169:215. 1899. 



Hance Smock came from Delaware. Tree upright, quite vigorous; glands reniform; 

 flowers small; fruit large, roundish to oval; deepl\- sutured near the apex, often extend- 

 ing be\-ond; color pale yellow, with a marbled cheek; flesh yellow except at the pit, 

 moderately juicy, tender, vinous; quality good; pit large, oval, pointed, free; season early 

 n October. 

 Hannah, i. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 64. 1902. 



Hannah sprung from a seed of Arkansas, grown by William Hannah, Greene County, 

 Indiana. Flesh clear yellow, freestone; used for canning locally. 

 Hape Early, i. IT. A'. V. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1879. 



Raised by Dr. Samuel Hape, Atlanta, Georgia; equal to any early, white variety 

 known in 1879. 

 Hardy White Tuscany, i. Wickson Cat. Fruits 317. 1889. 



This variety is very susceptible to leaf-cin-1; fruit large, clear white, with a pale pink 

 wash; flesh very firm, white to the pit. 

 Harker. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1887. 



Harker Seedling. 2. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 9. 1857. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 297. 1C59. 

 4. .4;m. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1877. 



A popular variety from New Jersey which appeared on the American Pomological 

 Society's fruit-list in 1877 as Harker Seedling. In 1887 the name was changed to Harker 

 and in 1891 the variety was dropped. Glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, 

 roundish; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy; freestone; ripens early in September. 

 Harper Early, i. 11'. .V. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1879. 2. Ibid. 112. 1880. 



Harper Early is said to have originated in Wilson County, Kansas. It is neither as 

 large nor as early as Amsden. 

 Harris Early, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 314. 1889. 



Similar to Mountain Rose; a shy bearer. 

 Harris Winter, i. Card. Mon. 20:340. 1878. 2. W. A'. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 112. 1880. 



Harris Winter is a late variety of value in the South but too late for cultivation in the 

 North; originated in North Carolina. 



