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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PEACHES— Concluded. 



The following notes are intended mainly to invite attention to new and prom- 

 ising varieties, to such older ones as appear to deserve increased attention, and to 

 give such further particulars as are supposed to be of more or less general interest. 



Two varieties of peach have been received and planted here as Allen, also a third 

 as Cleffey Allen, which appears in our lists as Cleffey (Allen), with the anticipation 

 that the portion in brackets may be ultimately suppressed. Upon further trial one 

 of the former may prove to be identical with the last. 



Alexander, Amsden, Canada, River Bank, and Waterloo are all semiclings, and 

 for practical purposes may be treated as identical, though the last named is prob- 

 ably the best of the lot. A variety coming from Texas, erroneously as Lady Ingold 

 (which should be yellow), is also of this class. 



Barber, a variety understood to have originated in Allegan county, Michigan, is 

 also known as Hinman. 



Bequette free and Bequette cling, as received from Texas, both prove to be free 

 and identical. 



Bickell, received from Delaware, ripens here in late October, quite too late for 

 this latitude. 



Bonanza may perhaps justify so pretentious a name in a more southern latitude. 

 Here it is so late as to be worthless. 



Brett is also too late, poor, and small to be of any value here. 



Brigdon is a fine yellow peach of good quality, a popular market variety In cen- 

 tral New York. Garfield is probably identical with this. 



Brunson, although coming to us from Delaware, is understood to be the variety 

 of this name originated at Benton Harbor, Michigan. 



Brown (Brown's Early) originated with the late W. A. Brown of Berrien county, 

 Michigan. It is an early, pale-fleshed variety, an early bearer, and productive. 

 Ripe in August, but less desirable than several others of its class and season. 



Champion, originating in Illinois, but disseminated by an Ohio establishment, is 

 a beautiful and excellent pale-fleshed variety, an amateur peach, rather delicate 



