DESCRIPTIONS OF POPULAR PEACHES 251 



McDevitt Cling. "Originated with Neal McDevitt, of Placer County. Uni- 

 formly large, rich, golden yellow, becoming red when ripe ; flesh very firm and 

 solid; superior in flavor; excellent shipper; tree good and regular bearer. 



Staley (California). Very large; eleven and one-half inches in circumference; 

 somewhat elongated and flattened laterally; rich, creamy white with very faint 

 touches of light red ; suture shallow, but almost continuous around the peach ; 

 stone small and perfectly free, cavity considerably longer than stone; flesh white 

 to the pit, very juicy, fine, tender; flavor delicious. Originated as sucker from 

 peach root from which prune had been broken off in Selma, Fresno County. 

 Ripens twenty days after Salway, or four weeks after Susquehanna. A high-class 

 white freestone. Introduced by F. M. Nevins, Selma. 



Levy's Late; syn. Henrietta (District of Columbia). Above average size, 

 yellow flesh, red cheek ; late ; clingstone. Very popular in San Joaquin Valley. 



Bilyeu's Late October. "Large greenish white with red cheek; flesh whitish, 

 freestone ; tree a rapid grower and attains great size ; prolific bearer ; fruit ships 

 well, and where it will mature no peach can take its place ; does particularly well 

 in the foothills." P. W. Butler. 



Decker (California). Grown for eastern shipment, in Vaca Valley, and in 

 Sutter and Butte counties. 



