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pit, moderately juicy, fine-grained, mild, often astringent; stone below medium in size, 

 ovate, plump, decidedly bulged, semi-clinging to free; ripens easly in October. 

 Dumont. i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 267. 1885. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 169:212. 1899. 



Raised by Peter Dumont, Allegan, Michigan, from seed planted about 1835. Tree 

 strong, very hardy, susceptible to leaf -curl; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit medium 

 to large, roimdish-oval, much compressed; cavity narrow; suture distinct, extending 

 beyond the apex which terminates in a short, projecting tip; skin covered with dense 

 pubescence, dark golden, usually blushed, thick, tough; flesh deep yellow, tinged at the 

 pit, melting, moderately juicy, brisk subacid; stone oval, free; ripens the middle of 

 September. 

 Dun. I. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 97 fig. 1906. 



Dun originated in Austria. Leaves with small, globose glands; flowers large; fruit 

 very large, roundish, with a mamelon tip at the apex; skin yeUowish-white, marbled with 

 dull red; flesh white, stained at the stone, melting, very juicy, aromatic; very good; stone 

 ending in a long point, free; ripens the middle of August. 

 Dunlap. I. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:29. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:212. 1899. 



Tree a strong grower, spreading; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, roundish 

 to occasionally ovate; cavity wide; suture distinct; color yellow, nearly covered with dark 

 red; flesh yeUow, stained at the pit, quite juicy, rich, vinous; pit large, pl\imp, free; ripens 

 the last of August. 

 Dunnington Beauty, i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 96. 183 1. 



Ver\- much like Noblesse. Leaves serrate, glandless; flowers large; fruit large; skin 

 pale greenish-red; flesh melting; quality good; ripens at the end of August. 

 Duperron. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 608. 1869. 



A seedling raised by a M. Duperron. Glands globose; flowers small; fruit large to 

 verj- large, roundish, depressed at the end; suture shallow; skin downy, golien vellow, 

 more or less washed with pale red; flesh yellow; clingstone; ripens in October. 

 Durasme. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 582. 1629. 



" The Durasme or. Spanish Peach is of a darke yellowish-red colour on the outside 

 and white within." 

 Durchsichtiger Lieblingspfirsich. i. Bochnahl Fiihr. Obstkmide 3:202. 1858. 



Tree of medium size, productive; fruit large, rotmdish-oblate, yellowish-white, with 

 a bright red blush; flesh firm yet melting, with a sweet, vinous flavor; quality good; season 

 early in September. 

 Durham Favorite, i; Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 52. 1867. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Dutchess. I. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 22^. 1817. 



A very large peach, with white skin, a red cheek and a clear stone; ripens in August 

 and September. 

 Dwarf Aubinel. i. Flor. & Pom. 144. 1876. 



This variety is remarkable for the constancy with which it is reproduced from seed 

 and for its dwarf, bushy habit of growth. Flowers large; fruit large, globular; skin pale 

 orange, marbled with red near the apex; flesh yellow, red near the stone; quality good; 

 freestone; ripens at the end of September. 



