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fruit large, roundish, depressed; suture well marked; skin very downy, clear yellow, highly 

 colored where exposed; flesh yellowish- white, stained at the stone, melting, juicy, sugary; 

 freestone; ripens at the end of August. 

 Maiden, i. Elliott Fr. Book 286. 1854. 



Early Maiden. 2. Mag. Hort. 14:537. 1848. 



Leaves glandless; flowers small; fruit medium in size, roundish, compressed, one side 

 enlarged; suture distinct; skin white, with a red cheek; juicy, sprightly; freestone; matures 

 the last of August. 



Malta. I. Miller Gard. Did. 1752. 2. Pom. Mag. i:No. 15, PL 1828. 3. Am. Pom. 

 Sac. Cat. 78. 1862. 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:157 %•> ^S^- 1879. 



Malta is supposed to have originated in Malta or in Italy but the Italians did not men- 

 tion it until it had been known in France for some time, Merlet having described it in 1667. 

 It was early introduced into America and held a place on the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society from 1862 until 1891. Leaves doubly serrate, without glands; flowers 

 large, pale; fruit of meditmi size, depressed at the apex; suture broad and shallow; skin 

 dull green, broadly marbled with dull purplish-red; flesh greenish-yellow, stained with red 

 near the pit, juicy, rich, vinous; stone free, oval, pointed; ripens at the end of August. 

 Malte de Gouin. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 41, 221. 1876. 2. Mas Pow. Gen. 12:129, 130, 

 fig. I. 1883. 



The fruit is larger and the quality better than that of Malta. Tree productive; 

 leaves glandless; fruit spherical, striped and marbled with reddish-purple; flesh white to 

 the stone, melting, juicy, aromatic; stone small for tl^e size of the fruit, free; ripens the 

 first of September. 

 Malte de Lisieux. i. Carri^re Var. Peckers 82. 1867. 



The fruits of this variety differ from Malta in their higher color, larger size and 

 heavier pubescence. 

 Malte Saint Julian, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 50. 1876. 



A glandless variety listed by Thomas. 

 Mammoth, i. Lond. Hart. Sac. Rpt. 6:410, 411. 1826. 



This old peach was found in New York City a century ago by M. Brevoort. The 

 stone, which is large for the size of the fruit, is remarkable for always having two kernels. 

 The variety comes true from seed. Fruit large, greenish-yellow; stone free; ripens at the 

 end of September. 

 Mammoth Cling, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 184. 1835. 



Fruit large, of a pale color, red where exposed; very juicy and fine. 

 Mammoth Freestone, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1873. 



A large, very late variety listed in the fruit-catalog of the American Pomological 

 Society from 1873 until 1897. 

 Mammoth Golden, i. III. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 77. 1893. 



Listed as once grown in Illinois. 

 Mammoth Heath, i. Stark Bros. Cat. 52. 1899. 



According to the catalog of Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri, Mammoth Heath 

 is supposed to be a strain of Heath Cling from Missouri. On the Station grounds the trees 



