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Weeping, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 229. 1832. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 296. 1854. 



Reid's Weeping 3. Horticulturist 2g: 16$, 166. 1874. 



Reid. 4. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:224. 1899. 



This variety originated many years ago on the grounds of William Reid, Elizabeth- 

 town, New Jersey. Tree vigorous, spreading, with graceful, drooping branches; fruit 

 large, roundish-ovate; skin yellow, with a bright red cheek; flesh yellow, stained with 

 red at the pit, ver\- juicy, tender, vinous; quaUty good; pit free; ripens the last of August. 

 Weihnachts-Aprikosenpfirsich. 1. Dochnahl FUltr. Obstkunde 3:220. 1858. 



Fruit medium in size, yellow, washed with red; flesh yellow, tender, sweet; season very 

 late. 

 Weisse Charlotte, i. Dochnahl F«/ir. Obstkunde 3: 20-]. 1858. 



Fruit large, round; skin yellowish-white, partly washed with red; flesh yellowish- 

 white, often with tinges of red, sweet but with a slight astringent flavor; season the middle 

 of October. 

 Welch. I. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 272, 273, PI. 35. 1903. 



Welch was introduced by Charles B. Welch, Douglas, Michigan, having been raised 

 as a seedling of Chili about 1880. The variety resembles its parent but is considered 

 hardier, less subject to leaf-curl and brown-rot, better in quality and ripens its fruit 

 later. 

 Weld Freestone, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 179. 1835. 2. EUiott Fr. Book 289. 1854. 



Said to have been raised by Eben Weld, Roxburj', Massachusetts. Fruit large, 

 roundish-oval; skin greenish-white, with a red blush; flesh rich, sweet, vinous, with a 

 delicious flavor; ripens the last of September. 

 Wellington, i. Loitd. Hort. Sac. Cat. 105. 1831. 2. Can. Hort. 24:480. 1901. 



This old sort has long been growing in Toronto, Canada, but only recently came before 

 the public. The fruit is a large freestone, with yellow flesh and the tree shows distinct 

 hardiness and vigor. 

 West. I. Ga. Sta. Bui. 42:242. 1898. 



This is a low, spreading variety with reniform glands. 

 Western Newington. i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 



Listed in this reference as a chngstone. 

 Whaley Favorite, i. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt. 28:87. 1896- 



This is a seedling peach raised by Mark Whaley, Olinda, Ontario, Canada. The 

 fruit is a yellow freestone of fair size and ripens two weeks ahead of Early Cra\vford. 

 Wheatstone. i. A'. V. Sta. Rpt. 3:22. 1884. 



Listed as growing upon the Station grounds in 1884. 

 Wheatley. i. Miss. Sta. Bid. gz'-^A- 1905- 



Listed in this reference. 

 Wheeler Early, i. Country Gent. 23:158. 1864. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1875. 

 3. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 416. 1888. 



Wheeler Early was listed by the American Pomological Society from 1875 until 1897. 

 Glands globose; fruit small, roundish; skin white, blushed with red; flesh melting, not very 

 high in quality; freestone; ripens early. 



