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A variety from Delaware resembling Hale Early and ripening with it. Trees strong, 

 spreading, moderately productive; glands reniform; flowers large; fruit medium to large, 

 roundish, faintly sutured; cavity broad and deep; skin creamy-white, partially washed and 

 striped with red; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, tender, vinous; quality fair to good; pit 

 small, oval, plump, free; season from the first to the middle of August. 

 Hacker Seedling, i. Am. Jour. Hort. 3:342. 1868. 



Formerly grown about Makanda, Illinois. 

 Hague. I. Harrison Cat. 18. 1910. 



Hague is a large, yellow-fleshed freestone which ripens the last of August, according to 

 J. G. Harrison, Berlin, Maryland. 

 Haines, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 458. 1883. 



Haines' Early Red. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 479. 1845. 3. Gen. Farmer 8:243. 

 1847. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 



Haines is an early peach from New Jersey. The variety has been confused with 

 several other sorts. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit of medium 

 size, round, depressed at the base, with a distinct suture extending nearly around the 

 fruit; skin pale yellowish- white, with deep red in the sun; flesh greenish-white, melting, 

 very juicy, sweet, with a pleasant flavor; quality good; season the middle of August. 

 Hale. I. Elliott Fr. Book 284. 1854. 



Hale's Melocoton. 2. Cole Am. Fr. Book 193. 1849. 



Hale originated with a Col. E. Hale of Stowe, Massachusetts. Fruit moderately 

 large, oblong, flattened at the base, with a slight sutirre on one side; color bright yellow; 

 flesh yellow, rich, sweet; of excellent quality; freestone; ripens early in September. 

 Hale Oblong, i, Mich. Sta. Bui. 104:89. 1894. 2. Ibid. 169:215. 1899. 



A seedling from C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan. Very similar to Hale Roimd and 

 Hale but more productive; fruit larger and pit less adherent than Hale Early. 

 Hale Rareripe, i. La. Sta. Bui. 3:45. 1890. 



Listed by the Louisiana Experiment Station. 

 Hale Round, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 104:89. 1894. 2. Ibid. 118:35. 1895. 



A seedling from C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan, very similar to Hale Oblong. Tree 

 more productive; fruit larger and pit less adherent than Hale Early. 

 Hall. I. Fla. Sta. Bui. 62:514. 1902. 



Hall Yellow. 2. Glen St. Mary Nur. Cat. 13, 14. 1903. 



Hall is a seedling of Angel. It was originated by R. C. Hall, Volusia County, Florida, 

 about 1900. Many years ago a Mr. Hall of Maine originated a peach which he called Hall 

 Down-Easter. Several writers since, have, in describing the Hall, of Florida, erroneously 

 given its origin as Maine. Fruit large, roundish-oblate, sometimes inclined to oblong, 

 bulged on one side; suture very shallow; apex rounded; skin yellow, washed with red; 

 flesh yellow, red at the pit, with red lines radiating into the flesh, meaty, moderately juicy, 

 with an agreeable acid flavor; quality good; stone free; season early. 

 Halliday. i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 166. 1895. 



Halliday is a medium-sized, white-fleshed clingstone, which ripens about the first of 

 August. 



