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THE APPLE. 



led with light and brown dots. Flesh greenish white, fine-grained, 

 rather tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid. Good. December to 

 March. 



HoABY Morning. 



Dainty Apple. Downy. Sam. Eawlings, 



An English fruit for culinary purposes, large, oblate conic, yellow, 

 splashed and striped with red, and covered with a bloom. Flesh white, 

 firm, brisk subacid. Good. October, December. 



HoBBs' Sweet. 



Originated on the farm of Samuel Hobbs, Randolph, Pa. Tree hardy, 

 vigorous, with a round head, productive, valuable for cooking. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, greenish yellow. Flesh tender, sweet. 

 October, November. (Hobb's MS.) 



Hockett's Sweet. 



Origin, North Carolina. Tree a good bearer, and the fruit profitable 

 for stock feeding. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped 

 with deep red. Flesh yellowish white, moderately juicy, crisp, rather 

 rich, sweet. Good. December to March. 



Hodge's Limber Twig. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit small, roundish, whitish, thinly shaded, splashed, and striped in 

 the sun. Flesh white, rather firm, juicy, sprightly subacid. Yery 

 good. October, December. 



Hog Island Sweet. 

 Canada Sweet. Sweet Pippin. English Sweet, erroneously. 



Origin, Hog Island, adjoining Long Island. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. Wood dark brown, slightly downy, short-jointed, valuable for 

 family use and stock feeding. 



Fruit of medium size, oblate, yellow, striped with red, with a bright 

 crimson cheek. Stalk rather short, slender, inserted in a deep, abrupt 

 cavity. Calyx closed, set in a broad basin of moderate depth. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, crisp, tender, slightly aromatic, with a very sweet, rich, 

 excellent flavor. Good to very good. September, October. 



Holbert's Victoria. 



An English Apple, described by Hogg as small, ovate, yellow, with 

 pale gray russet. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, vinous, aromatic. De- 

 cember to May. 



HOLCOMB. 



Fruit medium, oblate, yellow, shaded and obscurely splashed with 



