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flesh is striiifry. The trees are hirjre, open-lieaded, a little 

 straggling, fast-growing, and hardy, though like most of their 

 type easy prey to leaf -curl. Belle came from a seed of Chi- 

 nese Cling planted in 1870 by L. A. Rumph, Marshallville, 

 Georgia. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreadmg, open-topped, hardy, very productive. 

 Fruit midscason; 2 inches in diameter, round-oval, bulging near the apex, 

 compressed, with halves nearly equal; cavity abruptly flaring, red, with 

 tender skin ; suture shallow, deepening toward the apex ; apex round with 

 mucronate tip; color greenish-white changing to creamy-white, blushed 

 with red, with faint stripes and splashes of darker red, mottled; pubescence 

 short, fine, thick ; skin thin, tender, adherent to the pulp ; flesh white, tinged 

 with red at the pit, and with radiating rays of red, juicy, stringy, tender, 

 sweet, mild; good in quality; stone free, oval, bulged near the apex, blunt 

 at the base with a short sharp point at the apex, and with pitted surfaces. 



540. Waddell (Fig. 181) is an early midseason white-fleshed 



semi-cling peach from Georgia, now widely 

 esteemed as a commercial sort. Its chief com- 

 petitor is Carman, compared with which the 

 fruit ripens a few days earlier; is handsomer, 

 of rather finer texture of flesh, better fla- 

 vored; and is a better shipper. It is a par- 

 ticularly pleasing peach and ought to be con- 

 sidered for every commercial plantation 

 Fig. 181. Waddell. where a variety of its season is desired. 

 Waddell is a chance seedling found by Wil- 

 liam Waddell, Griffin, Georgia, about 1890. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading, hardy, productive. Fruit early 

 midseason; 2^4 inches in diameter, round-oval, compressed, with unequal 

 halves; cavity deep, abrupt, with tender skin, tinged with pink; suture 

 shallow, deepening toward the apex, and extending beyond; apex rounded, 

 with a small mucronate tip; color creamy-white blushed with red and with 

 dull splashes of darker red; pubescence thick; skin tough, separates from 

 the pulp; flesh white, stained with pink near the tip, juicy, stringy, firm, 

 sweet but sprightly, aromatic; good in quality; stone semi-free to free, 

 ovate; ventral suture deeply grooved along the sides, faintly winged. 



541. Stevens (Fig. 182). Stevens Rareripe. — Stevens is a 

 large, white and red, white-fleshed, freestone peach. In quality, 

 the fruits are extra good, the flesh characters pleasing in every 

 respect. The flavor is a pleasant mingling of sweet and sour 



