THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 345 



Dowling. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:811. 1896. 



Dowling June. 2. Ibid. 8:34. 1889. 



Tree vigorous, productive; glandless; fruit of medium size, roundish, with a slight 

 projection at the apex; color creamy, with a red cheek; flavor subacid; clingstone; matures 

 in Texas about July 8th. 



Downing, i. Gard. Mon. 17:270. 1875. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 462. 1885. 3. Cat. 

 Cong. Pom. France 526. 1906. 



Downing originated about 1870 with H. M. Engle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 

 from a pit of Hale Early. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, with a distinct 

 suture; skin greenish- white, mottled with red; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet; quality 

 good; ripens from the first to the middle of July. 

 Drain Seedling, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 491. igo8. 



One of the early seedlings planted in Iowa. 

 Drap d'Or. i. Mag. Hort. 20:271. 1854. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 3:1, PI. 1855. 



Drap d'or Esperen. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 52, 217. 1876. 



A variety of Belgian origin. Tree moderately vigorous, productive; glands small, 

 round; fruit large, roundish, depressed; skin thin, clear yellow, with spots of carmine; 

 noticeably sutured; flesh whitish-yellow, colored at the pit, fine, juicy, vinous; quality 

 good; stone very large, roundish-oval, partly free; ripens September 20th. 

 Druid Hill. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 474. 1845. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 

 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:110 fig., iii. 1879. 4. Fulton Peach Cult. igi. igo8. 



Druid Hill originated about 1840 with Lloyd N. Rogers, Druid Hill, Baltimore, 

 Maryland. From 1862 until 1899 it was listed in the catalog of the American Pomological 

 Society. Tree vigorous, productive; glands reniform; fruit large, round, with a slight 

 suture; skin pale greenish- white, clouded with a red blush; flesh greenish-white, almost 

 purple at the pit, very juicy, melting, with a rich, vinous flavor; stone free; season the 

 last of September. 

 Duboisviolette. i. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:476. i860. 



This variety was brought to France from China by a M. Duboisviolette. The flowers 

 are very large, semi-double, reddish-purple; glands reniform; fruit large, roundish, termi- 

 nating in a mamelon tip; skin white except where exposed; flesh white, vinous. 

 Duboscq. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 122. i860. 



Similar to Oldmixon Free; a very large, good, greenish- white peach. 

 Duchess of Cornwall, i. Gard. Chron. 59:446. 1901. 



Duchess of York. 2. Ibid. 58:59. 1900. 3. Ibid. 59:427. 1901. 



Originated and introduced by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Fruit of 

 medium size; skin creamy-yellow, with a striped red blush; flesh melting, with a distinct 

 nectarine flavor; freestone; ripens with Alexander. 

 Duchesse de Galliera. i. Guide Prat. 40. 1895. 



Vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit very large, compressed; apex mucronate; 

 skin thin, reddish-purple in the sun; flesh white, violet at the pit, melting, very juicy; 

 freestone; ripens the second half of September. 



