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around. Flesh yellow, mild vinous, tender; jiit free; quality very 

 good. A standard market variety. Pennsylvania. 



Gold Drop {Gulden Drop). — Metliiiin, roundish ovate; eolor rich 

 yellow or, as it grows in the South, "a sort of transparent golden- 

 yellow," often with blushed cheek; cavity broad, shallow; suture 

 obscure except near apex. Flesh yellow, vinous, almost sweet, good; 

 pit free. Attractive in market. 



Goode ((liindr'x Octnhcr). — Large, roundish oblong; color white, 

 splashed and veined with red, ami (|uite downy. Flesh white with 

 red at pit, juic}', vinous, good. Cirown mainly in the South. South 

 Carolina. 



Greensboro. — Medium to large, round; color yellow uitli red and 

 crimson cheek. Flesh white, very .juicy, good. A North Carolina 

 variety laru'er than Alexander and earlier in season. North Carolina. 

 Haines Early. — Large, roundish, flattened at lop; color light 

 with dee|)-red cheek; sutiu'e well marked, extending round the fruit 

 witli sides very unetnial. Fle.sh greenish wliite, juicy, melting, 

 sxN'ret, good. New Jersey. 



Hale. — Medium round; c(]lor creamy white with red cheek and 

 light liloom; cavity aljrupt and quite deep; suture extends to apex. 

 Flesh creamy white, tender, s})rightl}'; pit half free; good. ( Irown 

 conimercially. Ohio. 



Hance (Hanre's (rnldeii). — Medimu to large, roimdish; eolor 

 yellow with dark-re(l clieek and considerable bloom; suture obscure 

 except near apex; cavity broad. Flesh yellow with red at pit, 

 tender, vinous, good; pit fr(>e. Season, early. 



Heath {Heath's ('ling). — \'ery large, oblong, narrowed at both ends 

 witli decided point at the top); color yellowish white with red cheek 

 in interior climates; suture distinct, extending to apex. Flesh 

 greenish white, tender, melting; quality nearly best; pit not free. 

 Maryland. 



Holder (Hnlderlxiiim). — ^'ery large, roundish; eolor creamy yellow 

 with crimson cheek. Flesh creamy yellow sli'caked with red to the 

 pit, quite hrm, luscious; pit free. Tree hai'ily and jirofitable in 

 Maryland. 



Honey. — !\Icdiunr to small, oval to oblong, iiointed; color whitish 

 mottled witfi carmine. Flesh yellow with red at the pit; good 

 to very good. Widely grown as a home fruit on account of its 

 remarkable sweetness. It has varied by seedling production from the 



