384 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



mamelon tip at the apex; skin dull white, quite downy, mottled with red; flesh tinged with 

 red at the stone, juicy, melting; freestone; ripens early in September. 

 Horton Delicious, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 637. 1857. 



Probably from Georgia. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oval; suture shallow; skin 

 moderately downy, creamy-white, with a faint blush; flesh white to the stone, with a Heath 

 Cling flavor ; quality best ; ripens from the first to the middle of October. 

 Horton Rivers, i. IT. A'. Y. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 73, 74. 1890. 



Horton Rivers is a seedling of Early Rivers and is very similar to it. The trees did 

 not prove hardy nor productive on the Station grounds. Tree dense and spreading; leaves 

 long and broad, with reniform glands; blossoms appear early; fruit of medium size, roundish- 

 oval, oblique; suture indistinct except at the ends; apex with a prolonged, recurved tip; 

 skin thin, tough, covered with short, thick pubescence, creamy-white, with a slight blush 

 usually near the cavity; flesh white, juicy, tender, sweet, sprightly, high in flavor; quality 

 good ; stone free, large, oval, faintly obovate, not very plump ; ripens the third week in August. 

 Houpt October, i. Tex. Sta. Bid. 39:816. 1896. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Howard, i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. iii. 1880. 



A seedling raised by E. F. Hynes of Kansas. 

 HoweU Cling, i. Tex. Sta. Bid. 39:812. 1896. 



Tree fairh' vigorous and productive; glands small, reniform; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, creamy-white; clingstone; ripens the last of August. 

 Howers Friihpfirsich. i. Alathieu Noni. Pom. 401. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Hoyte Lemon Cling, i. Lond. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 6:414. 1826. 



A seedling of Pineapple which originated with a Mr. Hoyte of New York City. Fruit 

 very large, resembles Pineapple; ripens late. 

 Hubbard Early, i. Elliott Fr. Book 298. 1859. 



Hubbard Early is a mediimi-sized, white-fleshed peach of fair qualit}'; season from 

 July to August. 

 Hudson. I. Am. Card. 21:693 fig- 1900. 



Hudson is a yellow peach put out by H. S. Wiley, Cayuga, New York. The trees 

 on the Station grounds were not productive; stone free; season very late. 

 Hudson November, i. .Ala. Sta. Bid. 11:9. 1890. 



Flowers large; fruit of niediiun size, white; flesh fimi; clingstone; ripens late in October; 

 easily injured by drouth. 

 Hughes L X. L. i. L^ S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 118:30. 1895. 



C^lands renifomi; flowers large; fruit of medium size, greenish-yellow, mottled and 

 striped with deep crimson; flesh lemon-yellow, mild subacid; clingstone; season late in 

 October in the South where it may be profitable. 

 Hull Athenian, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 638. 1857. 



Named after Henry Hull, Jr., of Athens, Georgia. Fruit very large, oblong; suture 

 but a line; skin very downy, yellowish- white, marbled with dull red where exposed; flesh 

 white, pale red at the stone, firm, vinous; ripens in October. 



