490 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Wheeler Late. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. and Ser. 3:68. 1900. 



This is a strong-growing variety which does not ripen its fruit in Canada. 

 Wheeler Late Yellow, i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 



Listed as growing in Delaware. 

 White Ball. i. Mag. Hort. 13:114. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 636. 1869. 



Said to have originated in Massachusetts. Glands reniform; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, slightly depressed; skin greenish-white, shaded and marbled with red; flesh free, 

 white, juicy, melting, sweet; ripens early in September. 

 White Blossom, i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 



While Blossomed Incomparable. 2. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 183 1. 3. Prince Pmn. 

 Man. 2:19. 1832. 



Pecher a Fleurs et a Fruits Blancs. 4. Mas Le Verger 7: 13, 14, fig. 5. 1866-73. 



This singular variety has white blossoms and pale, straw-colored bark. It was found 

 in a hedge in Kings County, New York. The fruit resembles the Snow peacli but is 

 inferior in size, flavor and appearance. Leaves light green, with reniform glands; fruit 

 large, oval; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy; ripens late in August. 

 White Cling, i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1876. 



This peach is a white-fleshed clingstone ripening in July. 

 White Double Crop. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 White Globe, i. Cultivator 4:146. 1856. 



This is a verj^ juicy, clingstone peach, having a delicious, aromatic flavor and ripening 

 early in September. 



White Lnperial. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 488, 489. 1845. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 279, 

 280. 1854. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 80. 1862. 



This old sort originated with David Thomas, Cajnga County, New York, and is 

 beheved to be a seedling of Noblesse. It was introduced by J. J. Thomas, a son of the 

 originator, Macedon, New York. Growers and pomologists have confused White Imperial 

 with the Imperial of southern origin. Tree hardy, vigorous; fruit large, roundish, broad, 

 depressed at the ape.x; suture moderately deep; skin yeUowish-white, tinged with light 

 purpli.sh-red in the sun; flesh nearly white, melting, juicy, of delicate texture, sweet; qual- 

 ity ven.- good; freestone; ripens the last of August. 

 White July. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 2. Ala. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 36:106. 1908. 



This is a superior clingstone peach which ripens early in Alabama. 

 White June. i. Green River Nur. Cat. 15. 1S99. 



According to the Green River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Kentucky, this variety 

 originated with W. W. Ware, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is a white peach of good quality, 

 ripening with Alexander. 



White Magdalen, i. Langley Pomona loi, PI. 27 fig. 6. 1729. 2. Christ Handb. 598- 

 1 81 7. 3. hindley Guide Orch. Card. 2^3. 1831. 



Magdalen. 4. Kea. Flora 210. 1676. 



Madeleine Blanche. 5. Duliamel rraz/. ylr6.Fr. 2:11, 12, 13, PI. VI. 1768. 6. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 6:147, 14S fig., 149, 150- 1879. 



Madeleine Blanche precoce. 7. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



