THURBER 



TUSKENA 



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yellow, sweet, juicy, with a rich vinous flavor ; quality 

 good to very good ; stone medium size, plump, long- 

 pointed at the apex, perfectly free from the flesh. 



THURBER. Thurber is mediocre in all of 

 its characters in the North, though perhaps 

 the fruit is a little better in quality than the 

 average white-fleshed, midseason freestone. In 

 the South, however, the variety seems to be 

 considered one of the best of its class, not only 

 in quality, but also in size and appearance of 

 fruit. The fruits are small in the North, while 

 all descriptions of them in the South say they 

 are large. The variety is worth planting in 

 home orchards. Thurber is a seedling of Chi- 

 nese Cling grown by L. E. Berckmans, Rome, 

 Georgia, about 1870. 



Tree above medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, 

 productive. Leaves 6 inches long, 1% inches wide, 

 flattened or curled downward, obovate-lanceolate, leath- 

 ery ; margin finely serrate ; teeth tipped with reddish- 

 brown glands ; petiole V 2 inch long, glandless or with 

 1-4 small, globose glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inch 

 across, light pink, darker along the edges, usually single. 

 Fruit midseason ; 2 ty inches in diameter, round-oval, 

 somewhat compressed, with unequal halves ; cavity 

 shallow, narrow, flaring or abrupt ; suture a line or very 

 shallow ; apex round, with a recurved, mamelon tip ; 

 color creamy-white, with splashes of dull red over a 

 lively red blush ; pubescence long, coarse, thick ; skin 

 thin, tough, variable in adherence to the pulp ; flesh 

 white, deeply stained with red near the pit, juicy, ten- 

 der and melting, pleasantly sprightly, aromatic ; good 

 in quality ; stone free, oval, flattened toward the base, 

 plump, tapering to a short point, often winged on the 

 ventral suture, with surfaces pitted and marked by 

 short grooves. 



TRIANA. Triana is another of the honey- 

 fleshed, beaked peaches, at home only in the 

 far South. It can be grown, however, with 

 about as much certainty as many other varie- 

 ties in the North. Small size and poor ship- 

 ping qualities in the fruits debar it from com- 

 peting with commercial peaches in the North, 

 but it is well worth planting in home orchards 

 for the sake of variety, and because of its 

 delicious flavor, a sort of scented sweetness 

 wholly unknown in northern varieties. Triana 

 originated about 1888 at the Glen Saint Mary 

 Nurseries, Glen Saint Mary, Florida. 



Tree of medium size, upright-spreading, open-topped, 

 productive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches wide, 

 slightly lanceolate, thin, leathery ; margin finely serrate ; 

 petiole % inch long, with 1-5 small, reniform glands. 

 Blossoms 1% inches across, pale red, in dense clusters, 

 usually single. Fruit late midseason ; 2 inches in 

 diameter, oval, compressed, with unequal halves ; cavity 

 shallow, flaring ; suture of medium depth ; apex a long, 

 mucronate tip ; color creamy-white, blushed, splashed 

 and mottled with bright red ; pubescence short, fine ; 

 skin thin, tender, adhering to the pulp ; flesh white, 

 faintly stained with red near the pit, tender, sweet, 

 mild ; good in quality ; stone nearly free, elliptical, 

 usually with pitted surfaces. 



TRIUMPH. Triumph is an extra early, 

 yellow-fleshed peach so inferior in appearance 

 and quality of fruit, and so subject to brown- 

 rot, that it is not worth growing in any but 

 the most northern peach regions, where, be- 

 cause of great hardiness in wood and bud, it 

 becomes a valuable variety. It is grown more 

 or less, however, North and South, because it 

 is one of the earliest yellovr-fleshed sor+s, and 

 because the trees bear regularly and abund- 



antly. The dark color and fuzzy pubescence 

 detract materially from the appearance of the 

 peach. Small pits somewhat offset the small 

 size of the fruits. The peaches, if not attacked 

 by brown-rot, stand shipment well. Though 

 often put down as a clingstone, the peach is a 

 semi-cling, and sometimes the stone is free. 

 Triumph is one of several seedlings grown by 

 J. D. Husted, Vineyard, Georgia, about 1895. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, with 

 lower branches drooping, hardy, very productive. Leaves 

 6 inches long, 1% inches wide, ob.ovate-lanceolate, thin, 

 leathery ; margin finely and shallowly serrate ; teeth 

 tipped with reddish-brown glands ; petiole % inch long, 

 glandless or with 1-4 very small, globose glands. Flow- 

 ers early, l 1 /^ inches across, dark pink, sometimes in 

 twos. Fruit early ; 2 inches in diameter, round-oval, 

 compressed, with unequal sides ; cavity deep, abrupt, 

 with tender skin ; suture shallow ; apex rounded, with 

 a mamelon and recurved tip ; color pale yellow overlaid 

 with dark red ; pubescence thick and long ; skin thin, 

 adherent to the pulp ; ; flesh yellow, stained with red 

 near the pit, juicy, firm, sprightly ; fair in quality ; 

 stone semi-free to free, obovate, flattened, wedge-like at 

 the base, bulged at one side near the apex, plump, with 

 deeply grooved surfaces. 



TROTH. Troth's Early Rareripe. Troth's 

 Early. Troth, the standard early peach in the 

 middle of the last century, is now all but out 

 of cultivation. It is still listed in a few nur- 

 sery catalogs, and is still on the fruit-list of 

 the American Pomological Society. Among 

 the multitude of early peaches now grown, 

 Troth cuts but a sorry figure in either tree- 

 pr fruit-characters. The variety originated 

 in the first years of the nineteenth century, 

 probably in New Jersey. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, very 

 productive. Leaves 6 J /4 inches long, 1% inches wide, 

 obovate-lanceolate, leathery, dark, dull green, smooth 

 becoming rugose near the midrib ; margin finely and 

 shallowly serrate ; teeth tipped with reddish-brown 

 glands. Blossoms small, midseason. Fruit early mid- 

 season ; 2 inches in diameter, round-oblate, compressed, 

 with halves unequal ; cavity abrupt, irregular, often 

 dotted and striped with red ; suture shallow, extending 

 beyond the point ; apex depressed, with a mucronate 

 tip ; color creamy-white, blushed with dark, dull red 

 and with more or less heavy mottlings extending over 

 more than half of the surface ; pubescence thick, short ; 

 skin thin, tender, adheres to the pulp ; flesh white, 

 tinged with red near the pit, tender, melting, pleas- 

 antly flavored ; fair to good in quality ; stone free, oval, 

 flattened toward the base, acute at the apex, with 

 grooved surfaces. 



TUSKENA. Tuscan Cling. By common 

 consent, Tuskena is one of the best early 

 clingstone varieties for canning and shipping 

 in California, where it is usually known as 

 Tuscan Cling. In the markets, the peaches 

 are always in great demand, and canners pay 

 the highest price for them. The trees are ex- 

 ceptionally vigorous and produce heavily. 

 The variety is particularly adapted to the 

 foothill sections of California. While Tuskena 

 originated in the East many years ago, it is 

 not now to be found elsewhere than in the 

 Pacific states. The variety originated in Mis- 

 sissippi sometime previous to 1873; was placed 

 on the fruit list of the American Pomological 

 Society in that year, but was dropped in 1875, 

 but was replaced in 1899. 



Tree large, open, vigorous, healthy, productive. Fruit 

 early, large, round-oval ; suture distinct ; apex round, 



