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the other; apex a mamelon point; color ycllowish-whitc, occasionally tinged with some 

 red veins and with a blush on the sunny side; flesh white, with red veins around the stone, 

 very juicy, melting, with a rich, sweet, vinous flavor; quality good to very good; stone 

 free, oval; season the last of September. 

 Nix. I. Austin Nur. Cat. 10. 1909. 



Nix Late Cling. 2. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 4:146. 1856. 



Nix Late White. 3. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1876. 



Nix October. 4. .V. C. Sta. Rpt. 12:108. 1889. 



Nix Late. 5. J. S. Kerr Cat. 5. 1898. 



An old, southern peach highly esteemed at one time. 

 Noblesse, i. Langley Pomona loi, PI. 28 fig. ,5. 1729. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 

 249, 250. 1831. 3. Pom. Mag. 2:9s, fig. 1839. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 

 1863. 



Noblest. 5. Miller Card. Diet. 1752. 



Edlepfirschc. 6. Christ Handb. 592. 18 17. 



Mellish Favorite. 7. Kenrick Am. Orch. 178. 1835. 



Edle Magdalene. 8. Dochnahl Fiihr. Ob';tkiinde 3:198. 1858. 



Noblesse is a ver\' old, English variety. It was added to the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society in 1862 where it remained until 1897. Leaves doubly serrate, gland- 

 less; flowers large, pale; fruit large, roundish, terminating in an acute nipple at the apex 

 skin pale yellowish-green, marbled with dull red, with streaks and blotches of darker red 

 flesh pale white to the stone, melting, juicy, highly flavored; stone large, obovate, free 

 ripens at the end of August. 

 Noblesse Early, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. loi. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Noblesse of Oatlands. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. loi. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Nonpareil, i. Elliott Fr. Book 293. 1854. 



Scotts Nonpareil. 2. Thomas Ain. Fruit Cult. 301. 1849. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 

 78. 1862. 



Nonpareil originated in Burlington, New Jersey. The fruit resembles thai of Late 

 Crawford but is sweeter. Nonpareil was on the fruit-list of the American Pomological 

 Society from 1862 until 1871. Glands globose; ripens the middle of September. 

 Normand. i. Mich. Sta. Btd. lo^'.go. 1894. 2.767(^.169:222. 1899. 



Normand Choice. 3. Lovett Cat. 34. 189 1. 



Tree strong, upright; glands reniform; fruit of medium size, roundish to oval; flesh 

 creamy-white to the stone, firm, mild; stone slightly adherent; quality fair; season early 

 October. 

 North China No. 2. i. A". V. Sta. Rpt. 15:290. 1897. 



Received at this Station from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, -Vmcs, Iowa. 

 Fruit small, round, greenish-white, mottled with dull red; flesh juicy, sweet, good, free: 

 ripens the first of September. 



