300 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Arthur Chevreau. i. Rev. Hort. 103. 1901. 



Arthur Chevreau, Montreuil, France, grew this variety from a seed of Bonouvrier. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, round; suture pro- 

 nounced; cavity deep, large; flesh whitish-yellow, juicy, sugary, acidulated; stone large, 

 free; ripens early in September. 

 Artz. I. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 25. 1894. 



This is a large, handsome clingstone grown near Georgetown, District of Coltmibia. 

 Fruit roundish-oval; cavity deep, abrupt; apex terminates in a mamelon tip; skin thin, 

 tough, pubescent, creamy-white, blushed and marbled with crimson; flesh white, tinged 

 with red about the pit, firm, juicy, mild subacid, sprightly; quality very good; stone oval. 

 Asa Meek Seedling, i. J. R. Johnson Cat. 5. 1894. 



According to J. R. Johnson, Coshocton, Ohio, this is a seedling very closely resembling 

 Globe. 

 Ashby Early, i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. iii. 1880. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1883. 



This variety, raised by G. W. Ashby, Charrute, Kansas, is said to be earlier and 

 better than Amsden. In 1883 it was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological 

 Society where it remained until 1891. 



Astor. I. Lond. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6:414. 1826. 2. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 183. 

 1846. 



Astor was fotmd by Michael Floy in the yard of a Mr. Astor, New York City, about 

 1820. Tree large, thrifty, productive; leaves broad, deeply serrated, with globose glands; 

 flowers medium in size; fruit large, oblate; cavity deep; suture divides the fruit; skin pale 

 yellow, with a deep red cheek; flesh melting, whitish-yeUow, faintly red at the stone, very 

 juicy, high in quality; stone small, roundish, free; ripens the last of August. 

 Athenian Cling, i. Horticulturist N. S. 7:180. 1857. 



Fruit very large, oblong, depressed at the apex; sutTire a mere line; skin very downy, 

 yellowish-white, marbled with dull red in the sun; flesh pale red at the pit, firm, rich, vinous; 

 quality good; ripens in October. 

 Athens, i. New Haven Nur. Cat. 6. 1901-02. 



This variety is briefly described in the catalog of the New Haven Nurseries, New 

 Haven, Missouri. Athens on the Station grounds is a light bearer of fruit fair in quality. 

 Tree vigorous; leaves thin; glands globose; fruit oval-cordate, about two and one-fourth 

 inches high, halves unequal; suture shallow, deepening toward the apex; skin tough, 

 golden yellow, with a lively red blush and a few darker splashes; flesh yellow, meaty, 

 rather coarse, sweet; quality fair; stone clings, oval, noticeably bulged near the apex; 

 ripens the second half of September. 

 Atlanta, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. ist App. 120. 1872. 



As fruited on the Station grounds, Atlanta does not appear valuable for any purpose. 

 The variety was raised by Dr. E. W. Sylvester, Lyons, New York. Tree vigorous; glands 

 reniform; fruit of mediimi size, roundish; sutiu-e large, distinct; cavity deep; skin greenish- 

 white, blushed with deep red; flesh white, usually stained with red at the stone, soft, juicy; 

 stone nearly free; ripens the last of August. 

 Atwater. i. Elliott Fr. Book 281. 1854. 



This is a variety of American origin closely resembling President. 



