BLOOD LEAF 



BURKE 



Ives, Salem, Massachusetts, while somewhat of 

 the nature of Blood Cling, is, nevertheless, a 

 different sort. 



Tree large, vigorous, round, compact, hardy, unpro- 

 ductive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches wide, oval- 

 lanceolate, leathery ; margin finely serrate ; teeth tipped 

 with dark brown glands ; petiole % inch long, with 

 2-5 reniform, light or dark green glands. Flowers mid- 

 season ; blossoms pink, 1 % inches across. Fruit very 

 late ; 1 % inches in diameter, compressed, with unequal 

 halves ; cavity narrow, abrupt, usually white ; suture 

 .shallow ; apex round, with a mucronate tip ; color dull 

 greenish-white, entirely overspread with dingy pink with 

 splashes and stripes of darker, clouded red, mottled ; 

 pubescence long, coarse ; skin tough, adherent to the 

 pulp ; flesh red, becoming lighter colored at the stone, 

 juicy, stringy, tough and meaty, brisk, pleasantly 

 flavored ; fair in quality ; stone clinging, obovate, short- 

 pointed, strongly bulged near the apex, with grooved 

 and pitted surfaces. 



BLOOD LEAF. Blood-leaved Peach. 

 Blood Leaf is a handsome ornamental. Its 

 beet-red leaves in early spring and its pink 

 blossoms, borne in great profusion, entitle it 

 to esteem for both foliage and flowers. The 

 peaches are in no way remarkable, and yet 

 they please some as a dessert fruit. The va- 

 riety originated in Mississippi in the sixties 

 and was introduced in 1871. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, willowy in 

 growth, open-topped, hardy, unproductive. Leaves 4% 

 inches long, 1*4 inches wide, oval-lanceolate with ten- 

 dency to obovate, thin ; margin finely serrate ; teeth 

 "tipped with small, dark glands ; petiole % inch long, 

 with 2-5 small, reniform, greenish -yellow, red-tipped 

 glands. Blossoms midseason, 1^ inches across, pale 

 pink. Fruit very late ; small, round-oval, compressed, 

 prominently bulged near the apex ; cavity deep, narrow, 

 abrupt, marked with narrow, radiating stripes of pale 

 red ; suture shallow, becoming deeper toward the apex ; 

 apex depressed, with a small, recurved, mamelon tip ; 

 color greenish-white and pale yellow, lightly washed 

 with pink which changes to dull brown ; pubescence 

 thick, short, fine ; skin thin, tender, sweet, with some 

 astringency ; poor in quality ; stone clinging, long-oval, 

 very plump, tapering to a short, blunt point at the 

 apex, with grooved surfaces. 



BOKHARA. Remarkable for great hardi- 

 ness, Bokhara has little else to recommend it. 

 The variety is grown only in the northern 

 states of the great central plains, where, often, 

 it is the only peach to withstand the cold 

 climate. It was introduced by the late J. L. 

 Budd from pits received from Bokhara, Russia, 

 about 1890. It seems certain that there are 

 several distinct peaches grown under this name, 

 probably all from the pits planted by Professor 

 Budd. 



Tree large, spreading, very hardy ; leaves numerous, 

 thin, leathery ; margins dark red and glandular, finely 

 serrate ; glands reniform. Flowers appear in midseason, 

 medium in size, pink. Fruit midseason, of medium 

 ;size, oblong-oval, bulging near the apex, making the 

 halves unequal ; suture shallow ; apex with prolonged 

 tip ; skin thin, tender, with a thick, short pubescence, 

 greenish-yellow, pale, faintly blushed and striped with 

 dull red ; flesh greenish-white, stringy, dry, sweet ; 

 .quality poor ; stone small, oval, nearly free, conspicuously 

 winged. 



BRACKETT. Brackett seems to have es- 

 tablished a place for itself in parts of the 

 South, but is still on trial in other peach- 

 growing sections of the country. Its chief 

 value is that the crop ripens just after that of 

 -Elberta when a yellow freestone peach is much 



needed. Brackett is said to be a cross between 

 Smock and Chinese Cling, and was introduced 

 by the P. J. Berckmans Company, Augusta, 

 Georgia, in 1912. 



Tree large, vigorous, productive, similar to that of 

 Chinese Cling. Fruit late midseason, large to very large, 

 oblong ; suture shallow, ending in a sharp apex ; color 

 orange-yellow washed with red and mottled with deep 

 carmine with a very dark carmine cheek ; flesh deep 

 yellow, juicy, large, sweet ; quality good to very good ; 

 pit of medium size, free. 



BRIGDON. Garfield. Brigdon belongs 

 with the Crawfords, aristocrats among peaches, 

 and this is enough to give it standing in a 

 home collection at least. In tree and fruit it 

 is similar to Early Crawford, is a worthy 

 rival, and has the same two faults to bar it from 

 commercial plantations the trees are capricious 

 as to soils and are often unproductive. On the 

 other hand, a character of the tree to commend 

 it to the amateur is that it is one of the least 

 susceptible to leaf-curl. The variety is well 

 known only in western New York. Brigdon 

 originated about 1880 in Cayuga County, New 

 York. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, 

 hardy, unproductive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches 

 wide, folded upward, oval to obovate-lanceolate, thin ; 

 margin finely serrate ; teeth tipped with dark glands ; 

 petiole % inch long, glandless or with 1-4 small, globose, 

 greenish-yellow glands. Blossoms midseason, pale pink, 

 1 inch across. Fruit midseason ; 2 % inches in diameter, 

 round-oval, compressed, bulged beak-like near the apex ; 

 cavity deep, medium to wide, abrupt or flaring, often 

 colored with red ; suture shallow ; apex round with a 

 pointed or recurved, mamelon tip ; color greenish-yellow 

 changing to pale orange-yellow, speckled and splashed 

 with dull red which often extends over nearly the whole 

 surface ; pubescence long, thick, woolly ; skin thin, some- 

 what tough, separates from the pulp only when fully 

 ripe ; flesh yellow, juicy, coarse, firm, tender, sweet, mild, 

 pleasantly flavored ; very good in quality ; stone semi-free 

 to free, oval, bulged on one side, with a rather long 

 and slightly curved point, with pitted and grooved 

 surfaces. 



BRIGGS. Briggs Red May. Briggs is a 

 standard early peach in California, ripening 

 earliest of all market sorts in that state. The 

 chief fault is in the trees, which lack vigor 

 and are very subject to mildew. The variety 

 seems not to be known in any of the peach 

 regions east of the Pacific states. It originated 

 about 1870 as a chance seedling on the farm 

 of J. G. Briggs, Yuba City, California. 



Tree vigorous, round-topped, somewhat spreading ; 

 foliage subject to mildew. Fruit very early ; medium 

 or rath small, round or round-oblong; skin white 

 with a rich red cheek ; flesh greenish-white, melting, 

 juicy, sweet ; quality fair to good ; stone rather small, 

 nearly free. 



BURKE. The fruits of Burke are the larg- 

 est and showiest of all clingstones as grown 

 in the Gulf states, where the variety is at 

 home, the peach having originated at Avoyelles, 

 Louisiana, sometime previous to 1886. Burke 

 is not worth growing in the North, as the fruits 

 drop badly and lack both color and quality; 

 the trees seem to be hardy, however, and the 

 fruit usually ripens. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, rather unproductive; leaves 

 large, reniform glands ; flowers appear midseason, large. 

 Fruit midseason, large, oblong-oval, halves unequal, sides 



