250 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Leaves six and three-fourths inches long, one and three-fourths inches wide, flat or 

 curled downward, oval to obovate-lanceolatc, leathery; upper surface dull, dark green, 

 smooth; lower surface grayish-green; apex long, acuminate; margin finely serrate, tipped 

 with reddish-brown glands; petiole three-eighths inch long, with one to five small, globose 

 and reniform glands variable in color and position. 



Flower-buds tender, obtuse to conical, plump, very pubescent, usuallj- free; blossoms 

 appear in mid-season; flowers less than an inch across, pale pink, deepening in color along 

 the edges; pedicels short, thick, glabrous, green; calyx-tube greenish-red, greenish-yellow 

 within, campanulate, glabrous; calyx-lobes narrow, glabrous within, pubescent without; 

 petals oval, narrow; filaments three-eighths inch long, equal to the petals in length; pistil 

 longer than the stamens. 



Fruit matures late; two and one-sixteenth inches long, two and one-eighth inches 

 wide, cordate-oval or oblate, compressed, with halves nearly equal; cavity abrupt or 

 flaring; suture a line, becoming deeper toward the tip; apex roundish, depressed in the 

 suture, with mucronate tip; color pale white, usually without blush or with a faint bronze 

 blush; imbescence heavy, long and coarse; skin thin, tough, somewhat adherent; flesh 

 white, juicy, tender and melting, sweet, pleasantly flavored; good in quality; stone semi- 

 free to nearly free, one and one-fourth inches long, seven-eighths inch wide, oval to 

 slightly obovate, flattened near the base, with deeply grooved surfaces- ventral suture 

 with deep grooves along the edges, furrowed; dorsal suture grooved. 



MOUNTAIN ROSE 



I. Tilton Jour. Uort. 7:339 fig. 1870. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 1871. 3. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. ist App. 121. 1872. 4. Mich. Horl. Soc. Rpt. 33, 261. 1874. 5. N. J. Horl. Soc. Rpt. 41. 1878. 

 6. Ca. Sla. Bui. 42:239. 1898. 7. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:220. 1899. 8. Budd-Hansen Am. Horl. Man. 

 2:352. 1903. 9. Fulton Peack Cult. 174. 1908. 



For many years Mountain Rose was preeminent among white-fleshed, 

 freestone peaches by virtue of high quality and handsome appearance. 

 It has a distinct and curious but deHcious flavor — a sort of scented sweet- 

 ness that appeals to all who appreciate choicely good fruit. Unfortunately, 

 it fails in the chief requirement for popularity in these days of commercial 

 fruit-growing — the trees are unproductive, a fattlt so marked that the 

 variety is rapidly passing from cultivation. Mountain Rose sells well 

 in all markets where it is known, usually bringing a fancy price because of 

 its extra good quality and because it follows closely after the dozen or 

 more white-fleshed, clingstones of poorer quality. 



The variety originated about 1851 on the farm of a Dr. Marvin, 

 Morristown, New Jersey. Of its parentage nothing is known. Mountain 

 Rose has always been considered a good market variety and has been widely 

 disseminated. The American Pomological Society added this peach to 

 its fruit-list in 1871, a place it has since held. 



