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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



ST. JOHN (Yellow St. John) 



The earliest really good peach 

 for either home use or market. 

 Its season is the end of August, 

 just before the Early Crawford; 

 and its fair size, its yellow flesh, 

 attractive skin and good quality, 

 make it one of the most satis- 

 factory peaches for all purposes. 



ORIGIN: North America. 

 TREE: vigorous and productive. 



FRUIT: form, round; size, 

 large; skin, yellow, with dark 

 red cheek; suture, traceable on 

 one side, sometimes by a red 

 line; apex, a tiny point in a 

 rather deep depression; free 

 stone. 



ST. JOHN. 



FLESH: color, yellow, tinted 

 red at the stone; texture, tender 

 and juicy; flavor, sweet, rich and 

 agreeable. 



QUALITY: dessert, very good 

 and canning very good. 



VALUE: the first good yellow- 

 flesh peach of the season. 



SEASON: late August. 



SECTION OF ST. JOHN. 



SNEED. 

 A promising early variety for home use and near markets. 



ORIGIN: Tennessee, by Judge Sneed, of Memphis, about 1880, from a pit of the Chinese 

 Cling. 



