Chapter VI. 



VARIETIES OF THE PEACH FOR THE PENINSULA. 



In speaking of the varieties of the peach, there are 

 numerous specimens of the great number existing that 

 I will not even name, for I am writing for this locality, 

 and shall confine myself to those varieties that flourish 

 here. The general varieties, including seedlings, run 

 far into the hundreds, but it is only tested or promising 

 varieties, that we have to deal with. 



The different peaches may be separated ; first, 

 according to their colors, yellow and white ; secondly, 

 as freestones and clings ; thirdly, by their leaves, dif- 

 ferent serrations, etc. ; fourthly, by their blossoms, form 

 and color of, etc. ; and lastly, by the appearances of the 

 trees, and by the presence or absence of glands of 

 different kinds on the leaves, as globose glands, kidney- 

 shaped glands, and by the absence of glands, etc. I 

 have prepared the following list of peaches, which will 

 thrive on the Peninsula with, probably, greater luxuri- 

 ance, than on any other spot in the known world. Some 

 of these, of course, will thrive better than others, and 

 some will be found to be grown with little profit, and 



