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Saturday. It subsequently acquired numerous synonyms, but has 

 been more widely grown as Williams Favorite and Williams Early 

 Red than under the original and preferred name, which we follow. 



As a commercial sort its planting has chiefly been restricted to the 

 vicinity of Boston and New York until within the past few years, 

 when it has gradually worked its way southward through New Jersey 

 and Delaware, and still more recently has disclosed its special merit 

 as a summer apple for both home use and market in portions of North 

 Carolina and South Carolina, where few northern varieties succeed. 



Its firm flesh and relatively tough skin render it one of the best 

 early varieties for long carriage, and such tests of transatlantic ship- 

 ment as have been made indicate that high prices can be had for it 

 in July and August in the markets of the United Kingdom. 



One reason for including the variety in this series is the fact that 

 some other very much inferior varieties (notably Sops of Wine) 

 have recently been mistakenly disseminated for it and that the fre- 

 quency of its submittal to the Department for identification from 

 the Middle and South Atlantic States indicates that it is not well 

 known there. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form oblong oval to oblong, sometimes rather angular ; size medium 

 to large; cavity small, shallow, often heavily lipped; stem medium to 

 long, often thick and knobbed and usually inserted at an angle ; basin 

 small, usually shallow, slightly furrowed; calyx segments broad, 

 converging; eye small, tightly closed; surface smooth, sometimes 

 marked with russet knobs; color whitish yellow, heavily washed 

 and striped with two shades of red; dots numerous, russet, partly 

 indented, some aureole; flesh yellowish white, deeply stained with 

 red at core line; breaking, tender, moderately juicy; core oval, of 

 medium size, slightly open ; seeds long, dark brown, numerous ; flavor 

 mild subacid; quality good, sometimes very good. Season late July 

 and early August in Delaware. 



The tree is a rather slow grower and does better if top-worked on a 

 vigorous stock. Some of the finest specimens of this variety seen in 

 recent years have been grown in Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, 

 and South Carolina, and its planting in an experimental way in those 

 States is suggested. 



The specimens illustrated on Plate XLIII were grown by A. N. 

 Brown, Wyoming, Kent County, Del. 



AUGBERT PEACH. 

 [PLATE XLIV.] 



The Augbert peach is stated by the originator, Mr. Joel Boon, of 

 Lindale, Smith County, Tex., to have been grown about 1897 from 



New England Farmer, Saturday, July 30, 1830, p. 14. 



