300 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Arthur Chevreau. i. Rev. Hort. 103. 1901. 



Arthur Chevreau, Montreuil, France, grew this variety from a seed of Bonouvrier. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, round; suture pro- 

 nounced; cavity deep, large; flesh whitish-yellow, juicy, sugary, acidulated; stone large, 

 free; ripens early in September. 

 Artz. I. r. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 25. 1894. 



This is a large, handsome clingstone grown near Georgetown, District of Columbia. 

 Fruit roundish-oval; cavity deep, abrupt; apex terminates in a mamelon tip; skin thin, 

 tough, pubescent, creamy-white, blushed and marbled with crimson; flesh white, tinged 

 with red about the pit, firm, juicy, mild subacid, sprightly; quality very good; stone oval. 

 Asa Meek Seedling, i. J. R. Johnson Cat. 5. 1894. 



According to J. R. Johnson, Coshocton, Ohio, this is a seedling very closely resembling 

 Globe. 

 Ashby Early, i. IT. A'. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. iii. 1880. 2. .4))/. Pom. Sac. Cat. 32. 1883. 



This \'ariety, raised by G. W. Ashby, Charrute, Kansas, is said to be earlier and 

 better than Amsden. In 1883 it was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological 

 Society where it remained until 1891. 



Astor. I. Land. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6:414. 1826. 2. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 183. 

 1846. 



Astor was found b}- Michael Floy in tlie yard of a Mr. Astor, New York Cit\-, about 

 1820. Tree large, thrifty, productive; leaves broad, deeply serrated, with globose glands; 

 flowers medium in size; fruit large, oblate; cavity deep; suture divides the fruit; skin pale 

 yellow, with a deep red cheek; flesh melting, whitish-yellow, faintly red at the stone, very 

 juicy, high in quality; stone small, roundish, free; ripens the last of August. 

 Athenian Cling, i. Horticulturist N. S. 7:180. 1857. 



Fruit very large, oblong, depressed at the apex; suture a mere line; skin very downy, 

 yellowish-white, marbled with dull red in the sun; flesh pale red at the pit, firm, rich, vinous; 

 quality good; ripens in October. 

 Athens, i. New Haven Nur. Cat. 6. 1901-02. 



This variety is briefly described in the catalog of the New Haven Nurseries, New 

 Haven, Missouri. Athens on the Station grounds is a light bearer of fruit fair in quality. 

 Tree vigorous; leaves thin; glands globose; fruit oval-cordate, about two and one-fourth 

 inches high, halves unequal; suture shallow, deepening toward the apex; skin tough, 

 golden yellow, with a lively red blush and a few darker splashes; flesh yellow, meaty, 

 rather coarse, sweet; quality fair; stone clings, oval, noticeably bulged near the apex; 

 ripens the second half of September. 

 Atlanta, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. ist App. 120. 1872. 



As fruited on the Station groimds, Atlanta does not appear valuable for an}- purpose. 

 The variety was raised by Dr. E. W. Sylvester, Lyons, New York. Tree vigorous; glands 

 reniform; fruit of medium size, roundish; suture large, distinct; ca\dty deep; skin greenish- 

 white, blushed with deep red; flesh white, usually stained with red at the stone, soft, juicy; 

 stone nearly free; ripens the last of August. 

 Atwater. i. EUiott Fr. Book 281. 1854. 



This is a variety of American origin closely resembling President. 



