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tested in New York to indicate its value for this region, but it is 

 probably not well suited to the conditions existing in this state. 



Historical. Originated on the Payne farm near Everton, Missouri. It is 

 supposed to have originated from seed brought from North Carolina about 

 1840. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit below medium to above medium, sometimes rather large. Form 

 roundish conic, somewhat elliptical, ribbed very obscurely if at all. Stem 

 short, usually not exserted, rather slender. Cavity large, remarkably acumi- 

 nate, very deep, often somewhat furrowed or compressed, usually covered with 

 thin outspreading russet. Calyx small, closed or partly open; lobes often flat 

 and convergent, sometimes separated at the base. Basin commonly very small 

 to medium, often oblique. 



Skin smooth, moderately thick, very tough, yellow or greenish washed and 

 blushed with red and pencilled with narrow, obscure, carmine stripes, more 

 or less streaked over the base with thin, dull scarf-skin. Highly colored speci- 

 mens are almost wholly covered with bright deep red. Dots scattering, moder- 

 ately conspicuous, rather large, pale gray or whitish often with russet point. 



Calyx tube small, funnel-form or nearly so. Stamens median to basal. 



Core medium in size, slightly abaxile ; cells often not quite uniform in size 

 but usually symmetrical, partly open or closed ; core lines clasp the funnel 

 cylinder. Carpels tender, slightly tufted, ovate, mucronate, but slightly emar- 

 ginate if at all. Seeds medium or above, wide, rather flat, obtuse, tufted, 

 often adhering to the carpels, rather dark. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, firm, a little coarse, moderately juicy to some- 

 what dry, moderately tender, pleasant in flavor, mild subacid becoming nearly 

 sweet, good to very good. 



Season January to June. 



PEACH, 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869:299. 2. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:246. 3. 

 Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui., 45:335. 1896. 4. Beach and Clark, N. Y. 

 Sta. Bui, 248:137. 1904. 



SYNONYMS. Peach of Kentucky (3). Winter Peach (3). 



Fruit white-skinned, often with delicate pink cheek overspread 

 with whitish bloom. In general appearance it is quite attractive, 

 but it does not always average good marketable size. It has a per- 

 fumed, subacid flesh of pretty good quality. The tree is long-lived 

 and a pretty reliable biennial cropper, but hardly as uniformly pro- 

 ductive as is desirable in a commercial variety. Although it has 

 long been known in cultivation and is considered by some a profit- 

 able sort, generally speaking it has won but little recognition among 

 fruit growers. It is not recommended for general planting, but it 

 may be valuable locally. 



