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Dekenhoven Pfirsich. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



Madeleine d'Ekenholen. 2. Caxri^re Var Peckers 80. 1867. 



Madeleine Dekenhoven. 3. Decaisne Jard. Fruit. 7:P1. 1872-75. 



Tree moderately vigorous; branches slender; leaves devoid of glands; flowers large; 

 fruit large, roundish, slightly depressed at the base, apex terminating in a small, mamelon 

 tip; distinctly sutured; skin tender, almost entirely overlaid with reddish-black; flesh 

 white except at the stone, melting, juicy, sweet; stone smaU, free; ripens the last of i^ugust. 

 Delavan White, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 450. 1879. 2. Ibid. 458. 1883. 



Of American origin, but not generally known or valued. Glands round; flowers 

 small; fruit large, roundish-oval; skin white, with a red cheek; freestone; ripens early 

 in October. 

 Delaware, i. Lovett Cat. 18. 1898. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 



Delaware, or Delaware Rareripe as it is sometimes called, originated in Delaware 

 as a seedling of Mountain Rose. The variety is unproductive on the Station grounds. 

 Tree large, vigorous; leaves large, with small, globose glands; flowers appear in mid-season, 

 small, edged with deep pink; fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate, halves unequal; 

 skin thin, thickly pubescent, pale yellowish-white, blushed about the cavity; flesh white, 

 stained at the pit, coarse, stringy, sweet; quality good but not high; stone free, small, oval, 

 plump; ripens the second half of August. 

 Deming. i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 4:146. 1856. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 



Deming Orange. 3. Ibid. 28. 1875. 



Deming September . 4. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 24. 1876. 5. Ga. Sta. Bui. 42:234. 1898. 



Deming is a southern variety which was placed on the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society in 1875 as Deming Orange, remaining until 1897, 3'iicl reappearing 

 as Deming in 1909. Tree open; glands reniform; fruit large, oblate; flesh yellow; cling- 

 stone; ripens in mid-season. 

 Demouilles. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 55. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:106 fig., 107. 



1879- 



An ornamental peach originating with a M. Demouilles, Toidouse, Haute-Garonne, 

 France. Glands usually reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish, generally 

 depressed at the base; suture shallow; skin thick, orange-yellow, streaked and washed 

 with deep red where exposed; flesh intense yellow, tinged with red at the pit, melting, 

 juicy, vinous; stone free, small, ovoid, plump; ripens at the end of September. 

 Dennis, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:29. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:211. 1899. 



Tree strong, spreading, with drooping branches; glands globose; flowers large; fruit 

 of medium size, roundish; suture distinct, two-thirds arovmd; skin yfeUow; flesh yeUow, 

 jtiicy, tender, highly vinous; pit large, roundish-oval, pliimp, free; ripens early in September. 

 Denton, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1897. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:96. 1901. 



J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland, grew this peach in 1888 from a seed of Early Beauty 

 crossed with Elberta. Denton resembles Elberta very closely and on the Station grounds 

 ripens a week later. Tree large, vigorous, moderately productive; glands large, reniform; 

 flowers large; fruit large, oval; cavity deep; skin tough, covered with thick, coarse pubes- 

 cence, lemon-yellow, with a few dark splashes; flesh yellow, with red radiating from the 



