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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, productive. Fruit midseason; 3 inches 

 in diameter, regular, round, with e(iual halves; cavity deep, wide, regular; 

 suture a mere line, very shallow, or with almost no depression ; apex rounded, 

 with a small tip set in a depression ; color lemon-yellow oversj)read with 

 dark red and with mottlings and splashes of carmine; pubescence light; skin 

 thick, tough, separates but poorly from the pulp ; flesh yellow, red around 

 the pit, juicy, fine-grained, sweet or somewhat sprightly; good in quality; 

 stone free, oval, plump, flattened at the base, pointed at the apex, with 

 grooved and pitted surfaces. 



551. Rochester (Fig. 187) precedes Early Crawford by sev- 

 eral days, ripening soon after the middle of 

 August. The peaches are large, yellow, with 

 a handsome over-color of mottled red, more 

 round than either of the two Craw^fords, — 

 qualities which make a strikingly beautiful 

 peach ; the flesh is thick and firm, marbled 

 yellow, stained with red at tlie pit, juicy, 

 rich, sw^eet. The variety came from a seed 

 planted about 1900 on a farm owned by a 

 Mr. Wallen, Rochester, New^ York. 



Fig. 187. Rochester. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, productive. Fruit early mid- 

 season; 3-31/^ inches in diameter, round-oblate, compressed; cavity wide, 

 deep, flaring; suture shallow, becoming deeper near the tip; color orange- 

 yellow, blushed with deep, dark red, mottled; pubescence heavy; skin thick, 

 tough; flesh yellow, stained with red near the pit, very juicy, tender and 

 melting, sweet, highly flavored, sprightly ; very good in quality ; stone free, 

 oval, plump, flattened near the base, with rough surfaces marked by large 

 deep pits and short grooves. 



552. Early Crawford (Fig. 188). — In its season the fruit is 

 unapproachable in quality by that of any 

 other variety. The peach has richness of 

 flavor, pleasant aroma, tender flesh, and abun- 

 dant juice. It is large, round oblong, slightly 

 compressed ; distinguished by its broad deep 

 cavity; color rich red, splashed and mottled 

 with darker red in the sun, golden-yellow in 

 the shade. The flesh is marbled yellow, rayed 

 with red at the pit, and perfectly free from 

 the stone. The trees are all that could be desired in health, 

 vigor, size, and shape, but are unproductive, uncertain and 



Fig. 188. Early 

 Crawford. 



