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Jacques, i. Hovey Fr. .4m. 2:57, PI. 1S51. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 



Jacques' Yellow Rareripe. 3. Prince Treat. Hort. 18. 1828. 4. Kenrick Am. Orch. 

 223. 1832. 



Jacques' Rareripe. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 631. 1857. 



Jaques. 6. Elliott Fr. Book 275. 1854. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909. 



This variety originated or was introduced by Colonel Jacques, Somerville, Massachu- 

 setts, at least a hundred years ago. It held a place in the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society from 1862 to 1891 when it was dropped but in 1909 was replaced. 

 Leaves crenate, with reniform glands; fruit large, roundish, often compressed, with a 

 shallow suture; skin j-eUow, much streaked and mottled with red; flesh yeUow, red at the 

 pit, free, melting, juicy, with a sweet yet sprightly flavor; season the middle of September. 

 Jacques Late. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:217. 1899. 



Tree vigorous, roundish, with large leaves bearing globose glands; fruit medium to 

 large, roundish-ovate; suture shallow; color creamy-white, with a light red blush; flesh 

 creamy- white, red at the pit, free, tender, juicy, rather acid, slightly bitter; quality good; 

 season the last of September. 

 Jakobi-ApriJiosenpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Ftihr. Obstkiinde 3:220. 1858. 



Flowers medium in size; fruit of medium size, roundish, faintly sutured; skin clear 

 yellow, blushed with red; flesh firm, aromatic; matures at the end of July. 

 Jane. i. Mag. Hort. 19:516. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 617. 1857. 



Originated with Isaac B. Baxter, Philadelphia, Pennsj'lvania. Fruit large, roundish- 

 oblate; color yellowish-white, with a red cheek; quality very good; freestone; ripens at 

 the last of September. 

 Japan Nos. i, 2 and 3. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:98. 1892. 



Three varieties listed by the Delaware Station. 

 Japan Nos. 7 and 10. i. Col. O. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1893. 



Varieties sent out by Lovett's Nvu-sery Company, Little Silver, New Jersey; both 

 are small, late clingstones unworthy of cultivation. 

 Japan No. 9. i. Col. O. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 150. 1893. 



A medium-sized, white, freestone of good quality; very susceptible to rot. 

 Japan Dwarf, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 129:24. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909. 



Japan Blood. 3. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 54. 1892. 4. Miss. Sta. Bui. 93:13. 1905. 



Japan Dwarf Blood. 5. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:819. 1896. 6. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. 

 Man. 2:348. 1903. 



Japan Dream. 7. Winfield Nur. Cat. 14, 15. 1915. 



This variety was introduced about a quarter of a centurj^ ago from Japan. It is 

 dwarf in habit of growth and comes into beanng early, frequently two years from planting. 

 Japan Dream, said to be a superior strain of this variety, seems to be in every way 

 identical. Tree low, dwarfish, spreading, with a compact head, productive; fruit medium 

 in size, roundish, somewhat flattened and pointed at the apex; color attractive greenish- 

 yellow, mostly overspread with crimson; flesh blood-red, juicy, acid imtil fully ripe when 

 it becomes very good ; stone free ; season very early. 



