THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 449 



Pyramidal, i. Leroj'' Diet. Pom. 6:250, 251 fig., 252. 1879. 



This peach which was found near Poissy, Seine-et-Oise, France, in 1823, is valued 

 chiefly as an ornamental. Fruit small, roundish-oval, irregular; skin yellowish-white, 

 marbled with deep carmine; flesh yellowdsh-white, slightly red at the pit, juicy. ver\- 

 sweet ; quality good ; stone free ; season the first of September. 

 Quaker, i. Augustine Nur. Cat. No. 43:7. 19 10. 



According to Augustine and Company, Normal, Illinois, this peach was found in 

 northwestern Iowa about 1900, by Colonel Milton L. Haney, and was later introduced 

 by the firm named. Tree hardy; fruit of meditun size; of fair quality. 

 Quality, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 290. 1893. 2. .Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt. 73. 1895. 



Originated with J. W. Kerr, Denton, Mar\-land. Fruit mediiun to large, roimdish; 

 color white, with a red cheek; flesh free, creamy-white, tinged with red at the stone, juicy, 

 melting, \'inous, sprightly; quality verj' good; season the last of August. 

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



Mentioned as growing on the Missouri Station grounds. 

 Queen Caroline, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 102. 183 1. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Queen of Delaware, i. Fulton Peach Cult. 178. 1908. 



Originated in Delaware. Tree vigorous; fruit large, attractive white, with a red 

 blush; flavor excellent. 

 Queen Olga. i. Can. Exp. Farms Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:67. 1900. 



Konigin Olga. 2. Card. Chron. 437. 1885. 3. Lucas Handb. Obst. 476. 1893. 



Queen Olga is a seedling of Willermoz growTi at Reutlingen, Wiirttemberg, Germany. 

 Larger and earlier than its parent; flesh yellow, stained about the pit from which it 

 separates readily. 

 Queen of the South, i. Fla. Sta. Bui 62:517 1902. 



This peach is supposed to be a seedling of Peento and has been replaced by better 

 sorts. Fruit large, roundish-oblong, with a shallow suture; skin dark j-ellow, washed 

 with dull red; flesh \'ellow, red at the pit, firm, juicy, sweet, slightly acid, pleasant; stone 

 free; season July. 

 Queenes. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 582. 1629. 



" The Queenes Peach is a faire great yellowish browne Peach, shadowed as it were 

 over with deepe red, and is ripe at Bartholmew tide, of a very pleasant good taste." 

 Quetier. i. Mathieu Norn. Potn. 411. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 41. 1895. 



Glands reniform; fruit large; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, sweet, ^'inous, with a pleasant 

 flavor; stone free; ripens from the first to the middle of October. 

 Quince, i. Rea Flora 211. 1676. 



" Quince Peach is something of that fashion, yellow and good." 

 R. S. Stevens, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:225. 1899. 2. Tl'. .V. 1'. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 114. 

 1900. 



This peach is a seedling which originated on the groimds of late congressman, R. 

 S. Stevens, Attica, New York. On the Station grounds the tree is rather strong, hardy, 

 fairly productive; glands reniform; fruit of medium size, roundish, compressed; suture 

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