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Parham. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 22. 1897. 



Lady Parham. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 299. 1859. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 619. 

 1869. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 187 1. 



Parham appeared in the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 187 1 as Lady 

 Parham; in 1897 the name was changed to Parham. The variety originated with 

 Thomas Affleck of Mississippi. Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, halves unequal, distinctly sutured; skin yellowish- white ; flesh pale red at the 

 stone, firm, rich, vinous; freestone; ripens the middle of October. 

 Parker, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 311. 1889. 2. Ohio Hart. Soc. Rpt. 9. 1910. 



Originated about 1885 as a seedling of Early Crawford in the orchard of J. C. Parker, 

 near San Diego, California. Fruit large, oblong, swollen on one side of the suture which is 

 quite prominent; skin yellow, with a dark red cheek; flesh yellow, red at the pit which 

 is free, juicy, with an agreeable, acid flavor; ripens the first of October. 

 Parks. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 1909. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 206. 1913. 



Parks' Cling. 3. Card. Mon. 13:56, 313, 348. 1871. 



Parks originated by chance on the grounds of A. L. Parks, Alton, Illinois. Fruit 

 large, roundish-oblate, with a deep suture extending entirely around the fruit; skin light 

 creamy-yellow, nearly covered with red; flesh adherent, creamy-white, stained with red 

 along the veins and at the stone, very juicy; of fair quality; season very late. 

 Pamell. i. Card. Mon. 22:275. 1880. 



Said to have been originated by J. H. Parnell, West Point, Georgia. Fruit large, 

 dark red, very juicy and of an excellent flavor, with a small, free pit; season early. 

 Parson Early, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 310. 1889. 2. Munson Cat. 6. 1905-06. 



This peach is supposed to be of California origin. It is a large, freestone fruit, with 

 a red cheek and white flesh, ripening early, and the tree is- an abundant bearer. 

 Pass-Violet, i. Langley Pomona 103, PI. XXX fig. III. 1729. 



Fruit of an orange color, faintly dotted with brownish-red; flesh very red around the 

 stone which is free; ripens early in August. 

 Patterson, i. Am. Card. 11:379. 1890. 



Said to have originated in Greenfield, Indiana, some time prior to 1888. Fruit 

 uniformly large, greenish-yellow, overspread with considerable red; flesh yeUow, juicy, 

 of fair quality; season the last of September. 



Pau. I. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:41, 42. 1768. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:204, 205 fig., 

 206. 1879. 



Lackpfirsich von Pau. 3. Dochna.h.1 Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:211. 1858. 



Pau is an old sort spoken of early in the Seventeenth Century. Leaves with small, 

 globose glands; flowers of meditmi size; fruit very large, roundish; cavity large; suture 

 distinct; skin heavily pubescent, yellowish- white, marbled and striped with reddish-brown; 

 flesh white, stained near the pit, melting, fibrous, juicy, sprightly; quality fair; stone 

 free, large, ovoid, plump; ripens at the end of September. 

 Paul Bojmton. i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:290. 1896. 



Received at this Station in 1889 from the Greenmont Nurseries, Dansville, New York. 



A large, roundish-oval, yellowish-red peach of fair quality, ripening the last of October. 

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