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GEORGE IV 



GOVERNOR HOGG 



cavity deep, medium to wide, contracted around the 

 sides, flaring, often mottled with red ; suture medium 

 to deep, extending beyond the tip ; apex mucronate, 

 mamelon ; color greenish-white changing to creamy- 

 white, with a dull or lively red blush in which are 

 intermingled a few splashes of duller red ; pubescence 

 coarse, long, thick ; skin thick, tough, clings to the 

 pulp ; flesh white, stained with red near the pit, juicy, 

 stringy, tender, sweet but sprightly, pleasantly flavored ; 

 good in quality ; stone clinging, bulged on one side, 

 broadly oval to ovate, flattened, short-pointed at the 

 apex, with pitted surfaces. 



GEORGE IV. Once one of the mainstays 

 of American peach-growing, George IV is now 

 of but historical interest. It was one of the 

 first named American peaches, and had the 

 honor of being placed on the recommended 

 list of fruits at the first meeting, in 1848, of 

 the National Convention of Fruit-Growers, an 

 organization which became the American Po- 

 mological Society. George IV is not worth 

 planting now, and is described only that fruit- 

 growers may note progress in the development 

 of peaches. While little grown here, this old 

 American peach is still widely grown in Europe. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, unpro- 

 ductive. Leaves 7 inches long, 1* inches wide, obovate- 

 lanceolate, thick, leathery ; margin sharply serrate, red ; 

 petiole ^ inch long, glandless or with 1-3 small, globose, 

 reddish-brown glands. Flowers midseason, pale pink, 

 with white centers and edged with darker pink, 1 inch 

 across. Fruit midseason ; 2 % inches in diameter, round- 

 oblate, bulged near the apex ; oblique, with unequal 

 sides ; cavity slightly contracted, deep, wide, abrupt, 

 with tender skin ; suture shallow, becoming deeper at 

 both apex and cavity and faintly showing beyond the 

 tip ; apex rounded, with a mucronate tip ; color creamy- 

 white, with a pink blush and mottlings of red ; pubes- 

 cence short, thick, fine ; skin thin, tough, variable in 

 adherence to the pulp ; flesh white, deeply tinged with 

 red near the pit, juicy, stringy, tender, mild, pleasantly 

 flavored ; good in quality ; stone semi-free, round-oval, 

 very plump, flattened at the base, tapering to a short, 

 rounded point, with grooved surfaces. 



GEORGE LATE. George Late is a white 

 fleshed clingstone which has the reputation 

 of being one of the most profitable of the late 

 clings in the northern counties of California. 

 The peaches ship well, are attractive in ap- 

 pearance, and of very good quality. The va- 

 riety originated near Sacramento, California, 

 and was first described in a report of the Cali- 

 fornia Board of Horticulture in 1891. The 

 fruits are described as follows: 



Fruit late, large ; skin pale yellow striped and splashed 

 with bright red ; flesh white stained with red at the pit ; 

 stone small, clinging rather tenaciously. 



GLOBE. While rapidly passing from culti- 

 vation, Globe is still mentioned in the catalogs 

 of a few nurserymen. The fruit is seldom 

 found on the markets, but is grown in some 

 peach regions for home use. Globe is a chance 

 seedling from Berks Center, Pennsylvania, and 

 originated sometime previous to 1885. 



Tree rapid and vigorous grower, hardy, usually pro- 

 ductive ; glands globose ; flowers small, pink, midseason. 

 Fruit midseason, large, round-oval ; cavity broad ; skin 

 yellow with red cheek ; flesh yellow, vinous, sprightly ; 

 quality very good ; stone large, oval, plump, free. 



GOLD DROP. Fig. 164. Gold Drop, long 

 a familiar peach in Michigan orchards, is not 

 much grown elsewhere. The variety has sev- 

 eral distinctive peculiarities which make it a 



pleasing variation. Thus, its transparent, 

 golden skin and flesh make it one of the hand- 

 somest of all peaches; add to handsome ap- 

 pearance a somewhat distinctive flavor vi- 

 nous, rich, refreshing and the peach becomes 

 very good, one that, were the size larger, 

 would sell in any market. Gold Drop is fur- 

 ther characterized by trees of great hardiness 

 and remarkable productiveness. The variety 



164. Gold Drop. (X%) 



is also about the least susceptible to brown-rot 

 and leaf-curl. Earliness in coming in bearing 

 is another admirable character. The trees are 

 small, dainty in habit, with clean, fresh foliage, 

 making the variety an attractive ornamental. 

 All in all, Gold Drop is an ideal variety for 

 the home garden, and has many good char- 

 acters which can be used as stepping-stones in 

 breeding peaches. It is an old sort believed 

 to be another variety renamed. 



Tree of medium size and vigor, spreading, open-topped, 

 hardy, very productive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1*4 

 inches wide, obovate-lanceolate, leathery ; margin finely 

 serrate ; teeth tipped with red along the edge ; petiole 

 % inch long, with 2-9 large, reddish-brown or grayish, 

 mixed glands on the leaf. Flowers early, pale pink, 1% 

 inches across. Fruit late ; 2 % inches in diameter 

 round-oval, bulged at one side, with unequal halves 

 cavity deep, abrupt, twig-marked ; suture very shallow 

 apex rounded, with a mamelon tip ; color golden-yellow 

 with a dull blush on one side ; pubescence thick, coarse 

 skin adhering to the pulp ; flesh pale yellow to the pit 

 pleasantly sprightly ; good in quality ; stone free, broadly 

 ovate, bulged at one side, with a pointed apex and 

 deeply grooved surfaces. 



GOVERNOR HOGG. Governor. Were 

 it not that Governor Hogg must compete with 

 the well-established Greensboro and Carman, it 

 would be worth trying in commercial plantings. 

 The fruit ripens a few days after that of Car- 

 man, is larger and handsomer and as good in 

 quality. In both appearance and quality, the 

 peaches excel those of Greensboro, the size, 

 shape and color being much the same, although 

 the color in this variety runs more to soft tints 

 of red. The flesh is firm, tender, and delicate, 

 and the peaches ought to stand shipment well. 

 Like all early, white-fleshed peaches, Governor 

 Hogg is quite susceptible to leaf-curl and 

 brown-rot. The variety seems to have origi- 

 nated with a Mr. McClung, Tyler, Texas, 

 about 1892. 



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

 variable in productiveness. Leaves 5^ inches long, 1% 

 inches wide, oval-lanceolate, leathery ; margin finely 



