THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 29 1 



CHAPTER VI 



THE MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES 



A Bee. I. Jour. Hort. N. S. 3:370. 1862. 2. YioggFruit Man. 212. 1866. 3. Pom. 

 France 6: No. 11, PI. 11. i86g. 



Migtwinic a bee. 4. Mas Z^ Verger 7:37, 38, fig. 17. 1866-73. 



Pourpree a bee. 5. Mas Poin. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



Schnabel Pfirsich. 6. Mathieu Kotn. Pont. 414. iS8g. 



The ^ Bee peach takes the name from its beak-like apex. It originated about 181 1 

 at Ecully, Rhone, France, with a M. Lacene. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; leaves 

 large; glands globose; flowers large, rose-colored; fruit very large, roundish, uneven in 

 outline; apex terminates in a bold, blvmt nipple; cavity narrow, deep; skin thin, tender, 

 lemon-yellow, blushed and dotted w4th deep crimson where exposed; flesh white, with a 

 slight tinge of red about the stone, tender, melting, sweet, aromatic; quality good; stone 

 o\-al. furrowed, free; ripens the first half of August. 



Abbe de Beaumont, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:35, 

 36 fig. 1879. 



This peach originated in Daumeray, France, in the Eighteenth Centur>' but was not 

 introduced until 1868. Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit large, globular; 

 suture a mark; cavity large, deep; skin heaxnly pubescent, white, marbled with carmine; 

 flesh white, tingefl with a rose color at the stone, juicy, sprightly; stone ovoid, free; ripens 

 at the end of July. 

 Abbe Jodoc. i. Thomas. Guide Prat. 47, 214. 1876. 



Abt Jodocus. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



A fruit of English origin. Flowers rose-colored; leaves glandless; fruit large, spherical, 

 irregular; skin almost covered with small, bright red dots; flesh fine; ripens the last of 

 August. 

 Abundance, i. McKay Ca/. 20. 1913. 



This variety as grown on the Station grounds is a type of Alexander. Introduced 

 about 1907 by W. L. McKay, late proprietor of the ^^an Dusen Nurseries, Geneva, New York. 

 Acampo. i. Leonard Coates Cat. 6. 1913. 



According to Leonard Coates, Morganhill, California, this variety is a medium early, 

 high-colored yellow peach of good quality; good for table and drying. 

 Acme. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1881. 



This variety was reported as growing in Texas. 

 Acton Scot. I. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 254. 1854. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:93, 94, 

 fig. 45. 1866-73. 



Acton Scot is the restdt of crossing Noblesse with Red Nutmeg; raised by Thomas 

 Knight, Downton Castle, England, 1814. Leaves crenate; glands globose; flowers large, 

 pale rose; fruit small, narrowed and depressed at the apex; cavity large, deep; skin woolly, 

 pale yellow, blushed, marbled with deeper red; flesh yeUowish-white usually to the stone, 

 juic},-, sugary- but slightly bitter; quality medium; pit free, small, plump; ripens the end 

 of August. 



