496 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Yellow Nutmeg, i. Prince Trcal. Fr. Trees i6. 1S20. 2. Cultivator 6:308 fig. 1849. 



Early Yelloiv Nutmeg. 3. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. loi. 1831. 



This is a free grower ha\nng large flowers and reniform glands. Its flesh is deep 

 \'eUow and of good quality and its season is early. 

 Yellow Peach. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 580. 1629. 2. Card. Chron. 1042. 1872. 



This is a very old peach once considerably used in making peach-brandy. Tree 

 small, bushy; fruit large, with a bright golden, pubescent skin; flesh very firm, clinging 

 tenaciously to the pit. 



Yellow Preserving, i. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 224. 1S17. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:20. 

 1S32. 



Fruit small, with a greenish-yellow skin; flesh greenish-\-ellow, dry. with but little 

 flavor; freestone; ripens in September. 

 Yellow Rose. i. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1901. 



Yellow Rose is a seedling from F. G. Barker, Salina, Kansas. Trees hard>-, repro- 

 ducing true from seed; fruit fair in size; skin pale yellow, free from down; flesh firm, yellow; 

 ripens early in October. 

 Yellow Seedling, i. Mag. Hort. 27:154- 1861. 



Listed as a large, promising freestone. 

 Yellow Swan. i. Sneed & Wood Cir. 1906. 



According to John F. Sneed, Tyler, Texas, this peach was brought to notice by 

 C. W. Wood, Swan, Texas. It is thought to be a seedling of Chinese Cling. Fruit large, 

 roundish-oval, slightly compressed, with a shallow suture; skin yellow, mottled with red 

 on one side; flesh yellow, sometimes faintly red at the pit, semi-clinging, tender, sweet 

 yet sprightly; quality good; ripens early in August. 

 Yenshi. i. Green River Niir. Cat. 17. 1899. 



Yenshi Hardy. 2. Lovett Cat. 34 fig. 1896. 



According to the Lovett Company, Little Silver, New Jersey, this variety was 

 introduced from northwestern China by Professor J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa. Tree vigorous, 

 very hardy; fruit large, roundish; color creamy-white, nearly covered with crimson; flesh 

 tender, very juicy, high-flavored; freestone; ripens with Alexander. 

 Yocum. I. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 203. 1879. 



This is an attractive, large, late, yellow peach. 

 York PearL i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 143:186. 1897. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Yulu. 1. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt. App. 33: ^y. 1901. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Yum Yum. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 2. Fla. Sta. Bui. 62:518, 519. 1902. 



Originated by a Dr. Cushing, Waldo, Florida. Fruit large, roundish-oblong, with 

 a shallow suture; skin light creamy- white, dotted and washed with delicate red; flesh 

 white, firm, meaty, juicy, sweet, with almost an almond flavor; quality very good; 

 clingstone; season early June in Florida. 

 Zane. i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 263. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 74. 1895. 



Zane originated on Wheeling Island in the Ohio river and was brought to notice by 



