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community of Aliens in Walpole, Massachusetts. The variety was put on the fruit-list 

 of the American Pomological Society in 1901. Tree hardy, productive; leaves with 

 globose glands; flowers small; fruit small, roundish, blushed with red; flesh white, juicy, 

 vinous; stone free; ripens in September. 

 AUen II. I. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 113. 1880. 



This is an early seedling raised by A. T. Allen, Willoughby, Ohio. 

 Allen October, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 26. 1873. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 198. 1913. 



This variety originated in Missouri and appears on the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society from 1873 to 1899. Fruit of medium size, round, yellow, blushed with 

 red; flesh yellow, red at the pit; quality poor; freestone; ripens late. 

 Allman Cling, i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 167. 1871. 



Alknan Cling is recommended for the vicinity of Centralia, Illinois. 

 Almond, i. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 243, 244. 1831. 



Mandel-Pfirsiche. 2. Sickler Teutsche Obst. 12:260-264, Tab. 14. 1799. 



Amandier-Pecher. 3. Carri^re Var. Pechers 102, 103. 1867. 



Externally Almond resembles the aknohd but the characters of the flesh and stone 

 are those of the peach. The variety was raised by T. A. Knight, Downton Castle, England, 

 from a seed of the sweet almond which had been fertilized by a peach. Tree vigorous, 

 bearing glandless leaves which are doubly serrate; fruit medium in size, roundish, with a 

 slight suture; apex somewhat depressed; skin heavily pubescent, yellow, marbled with pale 

 red in the sun; flesh pale yellow, bright red next the pit which is free, very juicy, melting, 

 with a good flavor; season the middle of September. 

 Alpha I. I. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 114. 1880. 



Alpha is thought to be a cross between Early Rivers and Foster, raised by T. \'. Munson, 

 Denison, Texas. The fruit ripens before Alexander which it resembles verj- closely. 

 Alpha n. I. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 166. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:207. 1899. 



Tree moderately vigorous, not very productive, roundish, upright; glands reniform; 

 flowers small; fruit rather large, roundish, slightly compressed toward the suture which is 

 indistinct; skin rich, clear yellow, much overspread with dark red; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, 

 nearly sweet; quality good; pit large, oval, plump, adherent; ripens the middle of 

 September. 

 Alpha in. I. Wood Cat. 7 fig. 1910. 



A few years ago Allen Wood, Rochester, New York, introduced a white-fleshed variety 

 under the name Alpha but it was so similar to Champion that its propagation was dis- 

 continued. 

 Alto Pass. I. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 53, 207. 1896. 



This is a medium-sized, leather-colored peach under test in Ilhnois; flesh lemon- 

 yellow; of good quality; freestone. 

 Amande Douce, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 



Listed without a description. 

 Ambrosia, i. Continental PI. Cat. 14. 19 13. 



This variety is said by the Continental Plant Company, Kittrell, North Carolina, to 

 be a productive, attractive fruit with tender, melting flesh of high flavor, ripening in Julv- 



