TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PACE 



Preface v 



IxDEx TO Illvstratioxs xi 



Chapter I. — History of the Peach i 



Chapter II. — Botanical axd Horticultural Classifications 



of the Peach 68 



Chapter III. — Commercial Peach-growin(; in America 98 



Ch.\pter IV. — Peach-crowing in New York 131 



Chapter V. — Leadin(. Varieties of Peaches 178 



Ch.\pter VI. — Minor Varieties of Peaches 291 



Bibliography, References .\Nn Abbreviations 499 



Index. ' 511 



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