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.\merican Pomological Society in igog. It is earlier than Oldmixon Free and superior 



to it in color and quality. 



Brevoort. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6:414. 1826. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 4-; 2. 1845. 



Brevoort Seedling Melter. 3. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 183. 1846. 



Raised by Henrj- Brevoort of New York, froih Morrisania Pound. Leaves crenated; 

 glands reniform; flowers small; fruit below medium in size, roundish; skin grayish-white, 

 bright red where exposed; flesh firm, juicy, sugary; stone small, flat, free; ripens the middle 

 of August. 

 Brevoort Seedling Pound. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6:412. 1826. 



Another seedling of Morrisania Pound, raised by Henry Brevoort Resembles its 

 parent in shape and flavor, but ripens two weeks earlier. 

 Brice Early, i. TI'. A'. V. Hort. Soc. Rpi. 50. 1879. 2. Gard. Mon. 25:272. 1883. 



Dr. S. M. Brice of Kansas originated this variety about 1874; it is said to rival other 

 early, white clings. 



Briggs. I. Cole Am. Fr. Book 193. 1849. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. igg. 1913. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 



Briggs' May. 4. Ibid. 28. 1877. 



Briggs Early May. 5. ir. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 113. 1880. 



Rottge de Mai. 6. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 526. 1906. 



The name Briggs has been applied to three distinct varieties. This peach originated 

 in Dedham, Massachusetts, many years ago. The American Pomological Society added 

 it to its fruit-list in 1S77 as Briggs' May, dropping it in 1891 but replacing it as Briggs 

 in 1909. Tree hardy, reproducing itself closely from seed; fruit large, roundish-truncate, 

 with a distinct suture; skin white, nearly covered with bright red; flesh white, tinged with 

 red at the pit, juicy, with a rich, sweet, vinous flavor; quality good; pit free; season the 

 first of September. 

 Briggs Red May. i. Gard. Mon. 18: 145, 241. 1876. 2. Wickson Cal. Fruits 309. 1889. 



Briggs. 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:339, 340- 1903- 



This variety originated about 1870 as a chance seedling on the farm of John G. Briggs, 

 near Yuba Citj-, California. Fruit medium to large, round; skin white, with a rich red 

 cheek; flesh greenish-white, melting, juicy, free; quality very good; season early. 

 Bright. I. Can. Hort. 26:483. 1903. 



Charles E. Bright, Brampton, Canada, originated this \-ariety about 1895. Fruit 

 large, creamy- white; flesh tender, juicy, sweet; matures early in October. 

 Brodie. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 184. 1835. 



Fruit large, round, red in the sun; verj- juicy; clingstone. 

 Bronough Cling, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 158. 1881. 2. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:815. 1896. 



A ven.- late variety with reniform glands. " Does not do well in Texas." 

 Bronzee. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



Fruit not described in this reference. 

 Brooks. I. Langley Pcnnona 104, PI. 31 fig. 3. 1729. 



Raised by Lord Brooks, Twickenham, Middlesex. England. Fruit large; flesh white 

 to the stone, melting, juicy; freestone; ripens on a west wall about August 8th. 



