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on one side with crimson; flesh yellow, tender, melting, juicy, highly flavored; season 



late. 



Thissell Free. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 313. 1889. 



This sell White. 2. Cal. Sta. Rpt. 315. 1895-97. 



Originated with G. W. Thissell in California and is quite widely disseminated in that 

 state. Fruit large, white, with a light red cheek; flesh white throughout, juicy, rich, 

 Thomas Bums. i. Gard. Mon. 20:236. 1878. 



Introduced by Thomas F. Bums, Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. Fruit large, roundish, with 

 a large sutiore; skin white, shaded and mottled with light red; flesh entirely white, juicy, 

 melting, sweet, adherent; quality very good; season very early. 



Thomas November, i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 4:146. 1856. 2. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 

 1876. 



Glands reniform; flesh white, juicy, very firm, highly flavored; ripens the first of 

 November. , 



Thomas Rivers, i. Garden 56:34. 1899. 2. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Gard. 114. 1904. 



Originated with Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Leaves glandless; fruit 

 large, round, with a brilliant red blush; quality good ; freestone ; ripens the last of September. 

 Thompson, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 39. 1909. 



A yellow freestone said to have originated in Florida. 

 Thompson Orange, i. Gard. Mon. 20:273. 1878. 2. Flor. & Pom. 84. 1880. 



Said to have been raised at Wilson, North CaroUna. It is a large, early, attractive, 

 freestone peach with a good, subacid flavor. 

 Tice. I. Elliott Fr. Book 295. 1854. 



Tice's Late Red and Yellow. 2. Kenrick Am.. Orch. 194. 1841. 



Originated by James Tice, Middletown, New Jersey. Fruit large; color yellow, 

 with a deep red blush; flesh free, yellow, juicy, sweet, delicious; ripens the last of September. 

 Tiebout. i. Munson Cat. 7. 1904-05. 



According to T. V. Munson and Son, Denison, Texas, this variety originated with 

 V. J. Tiebout, Ellis County, Texas. Fruit large; color rich orange-yellow, with a dark 

 red cheek; flesh firm but tender, free; quality good; ripens in Texas the last of 

 August. 

 Tillotson. I. Elliott Fr. Book 279. 1854. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 34. 1883. 



Early Tillotson. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 475. 1845. 4- Cultivator N. S. 6:23, 

 86, 308. 1849. 5- ^'^J- Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 6. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 

 315. 1867. 



Tillotson Precoce. 7. Mas Le Verger 7:165, 166, fig. 81. 1866-73. 8. Leroy Diet. 

 Pom. 6:290 fig. 1879. 



According to Thomas, this peach originated many years ago in Cayuga County, New 

 York. It seems to have been introduced by J. J. Thomas, Macedon, Wayne Coimty, 

 New York. The American Pomological Society added the variety to its fruit-list in 1862 

 as Early Tillotson but shortened the name to Tillotson in 1883. Tree hardy, moderately 

 productive; leaves deeply serrate, glandless; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish, 

 sides unequal, with a shallow suture; skin pale yellowish-white, shaded with deep red: 



