589. HARVEY’S RUSSET. A Cornish apple. This is a large russet-colored apple, with a little red towards the sun. This is a famous kitchen fruit, and tolerably good raw. It has a musky flavor.--_Fors. Treat._ 106. 590. HAY’S EARLY. A culinary apple, of medium size, oblate shape, and yellow striped with red color, it is ripe in August.--_H. S. C._ n. 325. 591. HEDGE APPLE. A new fruit of middle sized, and handsome conical shape, red towards the sun, and a straw-color on the other side. This apple is of a tolerably good flavor, and keeps till the latter end of April.--_Fors. Treat._ 107. 592. HEREFORDSHIRE MONSTER. A small cider apple, of roundish shape, and yellow color; in use in December.--_H. S. C._ p. 19. 593. HENRY’S WEEPING PIPPIN. A small dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of an oval shape, yellow color, and in use from December till February.--_H. S. C._ n. 330. 594. HILL’S SEEDLING. A Scotch apple raised in the Carse of Gowrie. It is rather large, roundish and flattened, of a pale-green color, with a tinge of red next the sun. It is a good early culinary apple, in use from the end of August till October. The tree has much of the habit and appearance of the Hawthornden, and quite as good a bearer. 595. HOARE’S SEEDLING. A large culinary apple, of roundish shape, pale green color, with red next the sun; and in use during December and January.--_H. S. C._ n. 335. 596. HOGSHEAD. This is a small red fruit, the flesh is red, and the taste austere. This is a cider apple, ripe in January, and keeps till March.--_Fors. Treat._ 108. There seems to be another variety known by this name, which is described in the Horticultural Society’s Catalogue, as of a greenish-yellow color, and ovate shape. 597. HOLLOW-EYED REINETTE. This is a Cornish variety. It is a handsome flat-shaped apple, under the middle size; of a greenish-yellow color, sometimes intermixed with russet. This fruit is of an excellent flavor, and keeps till April.--_Fors. Treat._ 107. 598. HOME’S LARGE. A large culinary apple, of roundish shape, and striped with red; it is in use from October till December.--_H. S. C._ n. 342. 599. HORSLIN. A dessert apple of medium size, and second-rate quality; it is of an ovate shape, pale yellow color, and is in use during November, and December.--_H. S. C._ p. 20. 600. HOUSE. SYNONYME.--Grey House. A small cider apple, of an oval shape, green on the shaded side, and red on the other; it is in use in January.--_H. S. C._ n. 344. 601. HOW’S PIPPIN. A dessert apple, of medium size, and second-rate quality; it is of an oblate shape, skin covered with russet, and in use from October till December.--_H. S. C._ n. 345. 602. HUBBARDSTON NONESUCH. A fine large early winter fruit, which originated in the town of Hubbardstone, Massachusetts, and is of first-rate quality. The tree is a vigorous grower, forming a handsome branching head, and bears very large crops. It is worthy of extensive orchard culture.