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red at the stone, melting, juicy, with a very rich, high, 

 vinous flavor ; color, dull greenish yellow, mottled with 

 red, and having a purplish red cheek ; size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; 

 season, beginning of August ; freestone. 



Eemarks.— The universal, high estimation in which this 

 celebrated peach is held, may be known, if from nothing 

 else, like the Bartlett pear, from the great number of dif- 

 ferent names, or synonymes which are attached to it. It 

 is a good and regular bearer, a large and handsome fruit, 

 and flourishes well, even in rather uncongenial climates, 

 like Boston, and in nearly all soils. 



HEATH CLING, Laie Heath, or Heath. Form, oblate, 

 narrow at both ends; glands, serrated; flowers, small; 

 color, greenish white ; size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; season, Octo- 

 ber and November. 



Eemarks. — American. A very valuable kind in the 

 "West and South. Used most for preserves. Of a juicy, 

 rich, luscious flavor. It often reproduces itself from the 

 seed. Trees verj' hardy, and producing often when oth- 

 ers fail. The fruit will keep long, in a cool room, Avrapt 

 in j)aper. This peach is at the greatest jDerfection in the 

 State of Maryland. It is equal to the vorj' best when 

 perfectly ripe, and the best for preserving. The juice is 

 most plentiful. 



HiNE Seedling. Form, round ; leaves, globose ; flow- 

 ers, large; flesh, juicy, sweet, good ; color, red and yellow; 

 size, 1 ; quality, 1 ; season, September ; clingstone. 



Eemarks. — American ; from the Heath Cling, but of 

 finer color, and believed to be earlier. Eaised by Daniel 

 Hine, of Talmadge, Ohio. Fruit premium awarded to it 

 by the Oliio Pomological Society. 



HONEST JOHN, see New York Rareripe, Large Early 



