GORGAS. 



Synonyms None. 



(Longitudinal diameter, 2i inches. 

 bize of Fruit Rather large. 1 



(Transverse diameter, 21 inches. 



Form Roundish, with a small swollen point at the apex. 

 Skin Mellowed white, clouded and blotched with red on the exposed surface, 



dull greenish white on the shaded parts. 

 Suture Indistinct. 



Stem Inserted in a deep, wide cavity. 



Stone Dark brownish yellow, ITS inches long, 1 wide, i thick. 

 Flesh Whitish, slightly stained at the stone, juicy, non-adherent to the stone. 

 Flavor Saccharine and exceedingly luscious. 

 Quality "Best." 



Maturity About the 20th of September. 

 Leaf Large, about 2 inches wide, 7i long, including the petiole, which is & long, 



i thick, without glands, deeply serrate, folded, crimped along the mid-rib. 

 Blossom Small. 



Wood Young, brownish-red on the sunny side. 

 Growth Vigorous. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Gorgas Peach is a native of Pennsylvania. It originated with Benjamin 

 Gullis, Pine Street above Broad, Philadelphia, from a stone of the Morris White, 

 planted in the autumn of 1846. This variety fruited for the first time in 1850. 

 In 1851, specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the Annual Exhibition of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



