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CHAPTER VI 



THE MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES 



A Bee. I. Jour. Hort. N. 8.3:370. 1862. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 212. 1866. 3. Pom. 

 France 6: No. 11, PI. 11. 1869. 

 Mignonne a bee. 4. Mas Le Verger 7:37, 38, fig. 17. 1866-73. 

 Pourpree d. bee. 5. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 

 Schnabel Pfirsich. 6. Mathieu Nom. Pont. 414. 1889. 



The !A. Bee peach takes the name from its beak-like apex. It originated about 181 1 

 at EcuUy, Rh6ne, France, with a M. Lac^ne. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; leaves 

 large; glands globose; flowers large, rose-colored; fruit very large, roundish, uneven in 

 outline; apex terminates in a bold, blunt nipple; cavity narrow, deep; skin thin, tender, 

 lemon-yellow, blushed and dotted with deep crimson where exposed; flesh white, with a 

 slight tinge of red about the stone, tender, melting, sweet, aromatic; quality good; stone 

 oval, ftrrrowed, free; ripens the first half of August. 



Abbe de Beaumont, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:35, 

 36 fig. 1879. 

 This peach originated in Daumeray, France, in the Eighteenth Century but was not 

 introduced until 1868. Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit large, globular; 

 suture a mark; cavity large, deep; skin heavily pubescent, white, marbled with carmine; 

 flesh white, tinged with a rose color at the stone, juicy, sprightly; stone ovoid, free; ripens 

 at the end of July. 



Abbe Jodoc. i. Thomss Guide Prat. 47, 214. 1876. 

 Abt Jodocus. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



A fruit of English origin. Flowers rose-colored; leaves glandless; fruit large, spherical, 

 irregular; skin almost covered with small, bright red dots; flesh fine; ripens the last of 

 August. 

 Abundance. 1. McKay Ca^ 20. 1913- 



This variety as grown on the Station grounds is a type of Alexander. Introduced 

 about 1907 byW. L. McKay, late proprietor of the Van Dusen Nurseries, Geneva, New York. 

 Acampo. i. Leonard Coates Cat. 6. 1913. 



According to Leonard Coates, Morganhill, California, this variety is a medium early, 

 high-colored yellow peach of good quality; good for table and drying. 

 Acme. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1881. 



This variety was reported as growing in Texas. 

 Acton Scot. I. LindJey Guide Orch. Gard. 254. 1854. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:93, 94, 

 fig. 45. 1866-73. 

 Acton Scot is the result of crossing Noblesse with Red Nutmeg; raised by Thomas 

 Knight, Downton Castle, England, 1814. Leaves crenate; glands globose; flowers large, 

 pale rose; fruit small, narrowed and depressed at the apex; cavity large, deep; skin woolly, 

 pale yellow, blushed, marbled with deeper red; flesh yellowish-white usually to the stone 

 juicy, sugary but slightly bitter; quality medium; pit free, small, plmnp; ripens the end 

 of August. 



