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Chili No. 2. I. Mich. Sia. Bui. 104:88, 91. 1894. 2. Ibid. 169:210. 1899. 



Engle-Chili. 3. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:40 fig., 41. 1910. 



This is a seedling of Chili raised by C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan. Tree vigorous, 

 spreading, productive; flowers small; fruit large, roundish-oval; cavity deep; apex promi- 

 nent; skin thick, yellow, with a bright red cheek; flesh yellow, red at the pit, fine-grained, 

 moderately juicy, tender, mild but rich; quahty good; stone long, oval, pointed, free; 

 season the last of September. 

 Chili No. 3. I. Mich. Sta. Bui. 104:88, 91. 1894. 2. Ibid. 169:210. 1899. 



This is another seedling of the same origin as Chih No. 2. Tree moderately strong, 

 spreading; flowers small or medium; fruit mediimi in size, roundish, slightly oblong, 

 compressed; suture indistinct; apex not prominent; skin yeUow, with a dark red cheek; 

 flesh yellow, slightly red at the pit, moderately juicy, tender, mild, sweet; quality fair to 

 good; pit large, oval, pointed, free; season the last of September. 

 Chilian, i. Elliott Fr. Book 291. 1854. 



This is an American peach of unknown origin. Fruit of medium size, yellowish- 

 white, with a red cheek, lacking in flavor; freestone; season September. 

 Chilow. I. Ramsey Cat. 9. 1909. 



According to F. T. Ramsey and Son, Austin, Texas, Chilow is a yellow-fleshed seedling 

 of Chinese Chng, which ripens at this Station the latter part of September. Tree vigorous, 

 moderately productive; glands reniform; flowers appearing in mid-season, large, show\-; 

 fruit medium in size, oblong-oval; suture deeper at the cavity, extending beyond the 

 apex; skin thin, tender, \\\th. coarse pubescence, lemon-yellow, with a faint, dull blush 

 near the cavity; flesh yellow, tinged at the pit, coarse, meaty, juicy, mild; fair in quahty; 

 stone below medium in size, oval, flattened, cling^g. 

 Chilson. I. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:33. 1910. 



N. and C. Chilson, Battle Creek, Michigan, first exhibited this peach in 1870. Described 

 as a yeUow-fleshed clingstone, of medium size. 

 Chinese Blood, i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:816. 1896. 



Chinese Blood is of unknown origin; the fruit resembles Chinese Chng in flavor. 

 Tree vigoroiis, moderately productive; fruit small, ovate, with an acute apex; color yellowish- 

 green, with a red blush ; flesh clinging, moderately sweet, with a pleasant, vinous flavor ; 

 ripens in Texas the first of July. 

 Chinese Crooked, i. Fulton Peach Cult. 202. 1908. 



A variety of unknown origin; so named because of its crooked fruits. The seed from 

 which it sprang is supposed to have been brought from China. The fruit is very sweet 

 but so small and unattractive as to be worthless. Grown under glass as dwarf trees, the 

 variety forms an attractive ornamental. 

 Chinese Peach, i. Card. & For. 5:438, 439, fig. 72. 1892. 



Peach-pits were sent to Charles S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains. 

 Massachusetts, in 1879 from China and from one of these grew this peach. The tree is 

 very vigoroiis and hardy. The fruit has a thick skin, white, juicy flesh; is of good quahty 

 and a freestone. Sargent beUeves the variety may be valuable in breeding a new race 

 of exceptionally hardy peaches. 



