Hopkinsville. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 170. 1881.
Raised from seed by James Quisenburg, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Tree reproduces itself from seed; leaves without glands; flowers small; fruit large, oblong, with a mamelon tip at the apex; skin dull white, quite downy, mottled with red; flesh tinged with red at the stone, juicy, melting; freestone; ripens early in September.
Horton Delicious. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 637. 1857.
Probably from Georgia. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oval; suture shallow; skin moderately downy, creamy-white, with a faint blush; flesh white to the stone, with a Heath Cling flavor; quality best; ripens from the first to the middle of October.
Horton Rivers. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 73, 74. 1890.
Horton Rivers is a seedling of Early Rivers and is very similar to it. The trees did not prove hardy nor productive on the Station grounds. Tree dense and spreading; leaves long and broad, with reniform glands; blossoms appear early; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, oblique; suture indistinct except at the ends; apex with a prolonged, recurved tip; skin thin, tough, covered with short, thick pubescence, creamy-white, with a slight blush usually near the cavity; flesh white, juicy, tender, sweet, sprightly, high in flavor; quality good; stone free, large, oval, faintly obovate, not very plump; ripens the third week in August.
Houpt October. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:816. 1896.
Listed in this reference.
Howard. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 111. 1880.
A seedling raised by E. F. Hynes of Kansas.