490 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Wheeler Late. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:68. 1900. 



This is a strong-growing variety which does not ripen its fruit in Canada. 

 Wheeler Late Yellow. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 



Listed as growing in Delaware. 

 White Ball. i. Mag. Hort. 13:114. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 636. 1869. 



Said to have originated in Massachusetts. Glands reniform; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, slightly depressed; skin greenish-white, shaded and marbled with red; flesh free, 

 white, juicy, melting, sweet; ripens early in September. 

 White Blossom, i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 



Wliite Blossomed Incomparable. 2. Lojid. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 183 1. 3. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:19. 1832. 



Pecker a Fleurs et a Fruits Blancs. 4. Mas Lc \ 'crger 7:13, 14, fig. 5. 1866-73. 



This singular variety has white blossoms and pale, straw-colored bark. It was found 

 in a hedge in Kings County, New York. The fruit resembles the Snow peach but is 

 inferior in size, flavor and appearance. Leaves light green, with reniform glands; fruit 

 large, oval; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy; ripens late in August. 

 White Cling, i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1876. 



This peach is a white-fleshed clingstone ripening in July. 

 White Double Crop. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 White Globe. 1. O/Z/nw/w 4: 146. 1856. 



This is a very juicy, clingstone peach, having a delicious, aromatic flavor and ripening 

 early in September. 



White Lnperial. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am.. 488, 489. 1845. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 279. 

 280. 1854. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 80. 1862. 



This old sort originated with David Thomas, Cayuga Coimty, New York, and is 

 believed to be a seedling of Noblesse. It was introduced by J. J. Thomas, a son of the 

 originator, Macedon, New York. Growers and pomologists have confused White Imperial 

 with the Imperial of southern origin. Tree hardy, vigorous; fruit large, roundish, broad, 

 depressed at the apex; sutiu-e moderately deep; skin yellowish- white, tinged with light 

 purplish-red in the sun; flesh nearly white, melting, juicy, of delicate texture, sweet; qual- 

 ity very good; freestone; ripens the last of August. 

 White July. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 2. Ala. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 36:106. 1908. 



This is a superior clingstone peach which ripens early in Alabama. 

 White Jiuie. i. Green River Nur. Cat. 15. 1899. 



According to the Green River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Kentucky, this variety 

 originated with W. W. Ware, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is a white peach of good qualit}-, 

 ripening wath Alexander. 



White Magdalen, i. Langley Pomona loi, PI. 27 fig. 6. 1729. 2. Christ Handb. 598. 

 1817. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 253. 1831. 

 Magdalen. 4. ReaF/ora2io. 1676. 

 Madeleine Blanche. 5. Duhamel TrafZ. /Irfc.Fr. 2: 11, 12, 13, PI. VI. 1768. 6. Leroy 



Diet. Pom. 6:147, 148 fig-. 149- 150- 1879. 

 Madeleine Blanche precocc. 7. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



