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Leaves six and one-fourth inches long, one and one-half inches \yide, flattened, lanceo- 

 late, leathery; upper surface dull, dark green; lower surface olive-green; margin finely and 

 shallowly serrate, tipped with glands; petiole three-eighths inch long, with one to four 

 small, renifonn glands usually at the base of the blade. 



Flower-buds small, medium to short, conical or obtuse, pubescent, plump, usually 

 appressed; blossoms appear in mid-season; flowers medium in size, showy, light pink, 

 usually single; pedicels mediimi in length and thickness, green; calyx-tube reddish-green, 

 orange-green within, obconic; calyx-lobes acute or obtuse, glabrous within, pubescent 

 without; petals roundish, tapering to claws tinged with red at the base; filaments equal 

 to or shorter than the petals; pistil pubescent. 



Fruit matures late; two and one-half inches long, two and three-sixteenths inches 

 wide, oval, with unequal halves; cavity shallow, medium in width, flaring; suture very 

 shallow, often indistinct toward the cavity; apex distinctly elongated; color pale green 

 becoming whitish, with faint mottlings and with a distinct or faint blush; pubescence 

 short, thick; skin tough, adhering to the pulp; flesh white, stained with red near the pit, 

 juicy, fine-grained, tender and melting, very sweet and of a delightful flavor; very good to 

 best; stone free, one and three-eighths inches long, thirteen-sixteenths inch wide, oval 

 or ovate, not very plump, bulged at one side, long and pointed at the apex, with roughish 

 and pitted surfaces, dark brown mingled with purplish-red; ventral suture rather narrow, 

 often winged, deeply grooved along the edges; dorsal suture grooved. 



IRON MOUNTAIN 



I. Mick. Sla. Bui. 152:197, 200. 1898. 2. IM. 169:217. 1899. 3. Rural N. V. 58:738 fig. 271. 

 1899. 4. .4m. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909. 5. Waugh .4m. Peach Orch. 203. 1913. 



Hardiness is the outstanding character which has brought Iron 

 Mountain into prominence. The introducer and many growers claim 

 extreme hardiness of wood and bud for the variety — others say that it 

 is surpassed by Crosby, Wager and other varieties of their type. The 

 trees on the Station grounds turned out not to be true to name so that 

 we can offer no data as to hardiness. Iron Mountain is a very late, white- 

 fieshed, freestone peach well adapted for extending the commercial limits 

 for this fruit in regions where fall frosts hold off sufficiently long for the 

 fruit to ripen. The tree-characters are reported by most growers as very 

 satisfactory and the peaches serve very well for culinary purposes but 

 are not sufficiently attractive for a dessert fruit though the quality is 

 excellent. There seem to be two varieties, much alike in fruit, passing 

 under this name; one is large-flowered, the other small-flowered. This 

 variety might well be planted in New York for some markets; as, for 

 example, near towns and cities where it is desirable to extend the local 

 market as late as possible. 



Iron Mountain seems to have originated in New Jersey about a 



