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Amelia I. i. Mas Lc Verger 7:241, 242, fig. 119. 1S6O-73. 2. Gard. Mon. 10:126. 

 iboS. 3. Downing /*>. Trees Am. 598. 1869. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. iS. 1871. 

 5. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:207. 1899. 



This peach originated many years ago with a Mr. Stroman, Orangeburg, South 

 Carolina. Tree moderately productive, vigorous; glands reniform; fruit large, roundish- 

 oblong, with a large, deep suture extending nearly around the fmit; skin pale whitish- 

 yellow, shaded and marbled wth a crimson blush; flesh creamy-wliilc, juicy, melting, 

 sweet, rich, vinous; quality good; pit free; ripens the last of August. 

 Amelia II. 1. Gard. Mon. 10:22. 1868. 2. Downing Fr. rr«'e5 .4m. 598. 1869. ^. Tex. 

 Sta. Bill. 39:809. 1896. 



Pavie Amelia. 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:211 fig., 212. 1879. 



This variety, which originated in 1850 with George Husman, Hermann, Mi.ssouri, 

 is supposed to be a seedling of Columbia. It has frequently been confused with the Amelia 

 frcmi South Carolina. Tree vigorous, healthy; fruit large, round; suture distinct; apex 

 roundish; color clear, rich yellow, marbled with dull red; flesh _\ellow, firm, juicy, .sweet or 

 pleasantly subacid; stone large, free; season the last of September. 

 Ameliaberta. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:90. 1901. 



Amcliaberta is a cross between Ameha II and Elberta. The variety has little or 

 !io value in this State. It originated with J. H. Jones, Herndon, Georgia, and was 

 introduced in 1893. In 1899, it was given a place in the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society where it remained until 1909. On the Station grounds the fruit 

 ripens with Elberta and does not equal that variety. Tree vigorous, upright-spreading; 

 leaves oval to obovate-lanceolate, usually with reniform glands; flowers appear late; fruit 

 large, roundish; suture shallow, deeper at the ape.x; skin yellow, washed and splashed 

 with crimson; flesh yellow, with red radiating from the pit, stringj', juicy, sprightly; 

 quality good; stone free, large, broadly oval; ripens the first half of September. 

 American Apricot, i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:219. 1858. 2. Gard. Mon. 29:306 

 fig. 1887. 3. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:207. 1899. 



Jaune d'Ameriquef 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:176. 1883. 



Northern Apricot. 5. Mich. Sta. Bui. 129:26. 1896. 



This variety, a seedling from South Carolina, as grown on the Station grounds is of the 

 Crawford type, rather late in ripening and only fair in quality. 

 American Pound, i. Gard. Mon. 7:372. 1865. 



A name applied to a large, American variety introduced into New Zealand. 

 Ammirabile Belga. i. Gard. Chron. 907. 1858. 



An Italian peach exhibited at the Imperial and Royal Horticultural Society of 

 Tuscany, Italy, in 1858. 



Amsden. i. Wogg Fruit Man. 437. 1884. 2. Rev. Hart. 506, 507, 508. 1893. 3. Cat. 

 Cong. Pom. France 85 fig. 1906. 



Amsden June. /[. Cult. & Count. Gent. 39:472.486. 1874. z-^'^rd. Mon. 16:278. 

 1874. 6. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 141. 1876. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 

 28. 1877. 



Amsden grew from a seed planted in i868 by L. C. Amsden, Carthage, Missouri. 



