VARIETIES OF PEACHES 353 



Tree large, very vigorous, upright-spreading, one of the most productive 

 of all peaches in California. Fruit late, very large, round-oblong, somewhat 

 flattened; suture distinct; apex rounded with well-marked tip; skin rich 

 golden, sometimes with a faint tinge of red; flesh deep golden from skin 

 to stone, very firm, moderately juicy, sweet and rich; quality good to very 

 good; pit of medium size, plump at the point, flattened at the base, cliaging 

 tenaciously. 



Group 4. Stone Free 

 Sub-group 1. Early Peaches 



546. Triumph is an extra early yellow-fleshed peach so in- 

 ferior in appearance and quality of fruit, and so subject to 

 brown-rot, that it is not worth growing in any but the most 

 northern peach regions, where, because of great hardiness in 

 wood and bud, it becomes valuable. It is grown more or less, 

 however. North and South, because it is one of the earliest 

 yellow-fleshed sorts, and because the trees bear regularly and 

 abundantly. Small pits somewhat offset the small size of the 

 fruit. Triumph is one of several seedlings grown by J. D. 

 Husted, Vineyard, Georgia, about 1895. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, very productive. 

 Fruit early; 2 inches in diameter, round-oval, compressed, with unequal 

 sides; cavity deep, abrupt, with tender skin; suture shallow; apex rounded, 

 with a mamelon and recurved tip ; color pale yellow overlaid with dark red ; 

 pubescence thick and long; skin thin, adherent to the pulp; flesh yellow, 

 stained with red near the pit, juicy, firm, sprightly; fair in quality; stone 

 free, obovate, flattened, wedge-like at the base, bulged at one side near 

 the apex, plump, with deeply grooved surfaces. 



547. St. John. Yellow St. John. — Unproductiveness and un- 

 certainty in bearing keep this yellow-fleshed dessert fruit from 

 being one of the most popular early peaches. The peach is one 

 of the earlist of the Crawford group, a perfect freestone, hand- 

 some in appearance, sweet, rich and delicious in flavor. The 

 fruits resemble those of Early Crawford in size and shape, 

 but are a little more rotund, somewhat smaller, not quite so 

 high in quality, and ripen several days earlier. The trees are all 

 that could be asked in size, vigor, and hardiness. The place and 

 time of origin of St. John are unknown; it is more than a 

 century old. 



