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Stone, juicy, firm, sprightly but varying in .flavor; quality good; stone large, obovate, 

 flattened, decidedly bulged, nearly free; ripens the third week in September 

 Desire Vitry. i. Rev. Hort. 463. 1903- 



Listed in this reference. 

 Despot. I. Rea Flora 211. 1676. 



Listed as a yellow peach spotted with red. 

 Desprez. i. Poiteau Pom. Franc. i:No. 39, PI. 1846. 



Named after a M. Desprez, a judge at Alen9on, Ome, France. Leaves carry from 

 two to four reniform glands; flowers large; fruit variable, often large, roundish, with a 

 small, mamelon tip at the apex; skin smooth, thick, yellow; flash white, melting, vinous; 

 stone plump, oval, pointed at the ends, free; ripens the last of August. 

 Desse Tardive, i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 9:250. 1865. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:143, 144, fig- 

 70. 1866-73. 3- Hogg Fruit Man. 218. 1866. 



Desse Tardive was named after its originator, a M. Desse of Chantecoq, Seine, France, 

 about 1835. Glands round; flowers small; fruit large, round, flattened at the top, deeply 

 sutured; skin thin, greenish-white, marbled with vennilion-red ; flesh white, slightly 

 colored with red at the stone, melting, juicy, sweet; stone plump, nearly free; ripens at 

 the end of September. 

 Dewey Cling, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 91. 1899. 2. Peyton-Barnes Cat. 19. 1912. 



Dewey Cling originated with H. W. Jenkins, BoonviUe, Missouri, in 1898. Tree 

 vigorous, healthy, upright yet spreading, hardy; fruit of good size; skin smooth, creamy- 

 white; flesh white, very juicy, rich; of good quality; ripens in Missouri the middle of 

 September. 

 Dey. I. Rural N. Y. 41:864, fig. 1882. 



Named after a Mr. Dey, Newark, New Jersey, in whose yard it was found. Fruit 

 large, greenish- white ; sweet, rich, juicy; freestone. 

 Di Carema Giallo. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 



A delicious, yellow peach from Italy. 

 Diamond, i. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1888-89. 2. Ibid. 16. 1896. 3. Ga. Sta Bui. 

 42:235. 1898. 



Diamond originated in Athens Cotmty, Ohio. On the grounds of this Station it 

 closely resembles Orange Cling. Tree low, spreading; leaves with globose glands; 

 fruit large, globular; flesh pale yeUow except at the pit; clingstone; ripens the first of 

 October. 

 Diana, i. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 221. 181 7. 



According to Coxe, Diana is a large, oblong clingstone, with white flesh, ripening 

 the first of September. 

 Dix. I. Kenrick Am. Orch. 199. 1841. 

 A large, productive, first-rate peach. 

 Dixie. I. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 289. 1893. 



Fruit above medium in size, roundish; cavity deep, abrupt; skin thin, yellowish- white, 

 with a blush; flesh white, slightly tin..?el at the stone, firm, mildly subacid, slightly bitter; 

 stone oval, clinging. 



