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THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Ostrander Late. i. Mich. Sta. Bid. iiS: 31. 1893. 2. Brown Bros. Cai. 35. 1900. 



Listi-d as a \-ellow-fleshed freestone, bearing jrlobose glands; ripens in November. 

 Overheiser. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui 44:50. 19 10. 



This is a variety from western Michigan resembhng Honest John but the peach lacks 

 the flavor and aroma of the fruit of Honest John. 



Oviedo. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:819. 1896. 2. Fla. Sta. Bui 73:149. 1904- 3- ■■^m- 

 Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 1909. 



S. J. Kennard, Waldo, Florida, grew Oviedo from a pit of Honey about 1892. In 

 1909 the variety appeared in the list of the American Pomological Society. Tree a rapid 

 grower, producti\'e; fruit roundish-oblong, bulged on one side; skin thin, tough, becoming 

 smoother on ripening, greenish-yellow, marbled with dull red where exposed; flesh firm, 

 meaty, white, stained at the pit, medium juicy, sweet, agreeable; quality very good; stone 

 free, elliptical, cur\'ed, with a recurved point; season late in June in Florida. 

 Owen. I. Cole Aui. Fr. Book 195. 1849. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 287. 1854. 



J. Owen found this variety in his garden at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Glands 

 globose; fruit very large, roundish; flesh yellow, tinged at the pit, tender, juicy; freestone; 

 ripens the last of September. 

 Oxford. I. Concord Nur. Cat. 16. 1899. 



According to the Concord Nurseries, Concord, Georgia, this variety is a very desirable 

 peach for home or market to follow Elberta; flesh firm, crisp, adherent. 

 Ozark Queen, i. Mo. State Fr. Sta. Rpt. i:ii. 1901. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Padley. i. Brookshaw. Pom. Brit. i:Pl. 24 fig. 2. 1817. 2. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 

 1 :3,;, PI. 17 fig. I. 1823. 



Padley was raised by William Padley, once a gardener for the King of England, at 

 Hampton Court, England. It is described as being a peach with delicious flavor, ripening 

 the first of August. 

 Palestine, i. Tex. Nur. Cat. 4. 1913. 



Briefly described by the Texas Nursery Company, Sherman, Texas, as a very large, 

 round, yellow clingstone, ripening from August to September. 

 Pansy, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 43. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 169:222. 1899. 



Fruit large, roundish-oblong, compressed, with a shallow suture; color yellow, washed 

 and blushed with deep red; flesh yellow, tinged with red at the stone which is free, tender, 

 melting, juicy, mikl subacid; qvialit}- fair to good; season the middle of August. 

 Paragon, i. Elliott Fr. Book 287. 1854. 



Prince's Paragon. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 200. 1841. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 624. 1857. 



Paragon was probably first introduced by William R. Prince, Flushing, New York. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit large, roundish-oval; skin yellowish-green, 

 shaded witli red; flesh white, red at the pit, juicy, sweet, rich, free; season the middle of 

 September. 

 Parfumee de Montauban. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 408. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 



