THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 49 1 



White Magdalen is an old French sort, having been mentioned as early as 1628 by 

 Lectier. Leaves doubly serrate, glandless; flowers large, pale red; fruit below medium in 

 size, somewhat globular, halves unequal; deeply sutured; skin yellowish- white, marbled 

 with deep red; flesh melting, stained near the pit, juicy but not high in flavor; stone free, 

 small, obtuse; ripens the middle of August. 

 White Monsieur, i. Rea Flora 211. 1676. 



Said to be a fine, early peach. 

 White Nectarine, i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:111. 1901. 



This is an old English variety belonging to the Chinese CHng group of peaches. Fruit 

 nearly large, rovmdish; color greenish-white, washed and striped with crimson; flesh white, 

 tinged with red at the pit, juicy, melting, with a iruld subacid, vinous flavor; pit free; 

 season late. 

 White Nutmeg, i. Langley Pomona 100, PI. 27 fig. i. 1729. 2. Miller Gard. Diet. 



1752. 



Avant-peche blanche. 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:5, 6, PI. II. 1768. 4. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 6:4s, 46 fig., 47, 48. 1879. 



Weisse Friihpfirsehe. 5. Christ Handb. 598. 1817. 



Kleiner weisser Fruhpfirsehe. 6. Liegel Anweisung 68. 1822. *]. Dochnahl Fuhr. 

 Obstkunde. 3:196. 1858. 8. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 402. 1889. 



Fruhe Montagne? 9. lA&ge\ Anweisung 6?,. 1822. 



Earliest White Nutmeg. 10. Prince Pom. Man. 1:173. 1831. 



This is an old French sort spoken of in 1589. Leaves small, doubly serrate, without 

 glands; flowers large, pale; fruit very small, oval, distinctly sutured; apex with an acute 

 nipple; skin white, with a pale tinge; flesh white to the stone, juicy, musky; freestone; 

 quality fair; stone small, oval; ripens the middle of July. 

 White Pace. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 637. 1869. 



This is a Southern variety, having Persian blood but with a comparatively white skin. 

 Flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet, free; season August. 

 White Winter, i. Vrmce Treat. Fr. Trees jj. 1820. 2. Vrince Pom. Man. 2:^2. 1832. 



This is an oval-shaped peach with white skin and flesh which ripens in October and is 

 chiefly valued for preserves. 

 Whitehead Red Heath, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 197. 1841. 



This variety, which was sent out about 1840 by Richard Reynolds, Smithfield, Virginia, 

 is said to be superior to Heath Cling with which it ripens. Fruit very large, with a deep 

 red color. 

 Whitlow Choice, i. Green River Nur. Cat. 16. 1899. 



This variety was found by the Green River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 

 on the farm of W. H. Whitlow near Casky, Kentucky. It is a freestone of good quality, 

 resembling Yellow Rareripe and ripening the last of July. 

 Wiard. i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 117. 1900. 



Wiard originated about twenty years ago on the grounds of Harry Wiard, Syracuse, 

 New York. Fruit large, with golden-yellow skin, nearly covered with bright crimson; 

 flesh yellow, very juicy; of good quaHty; freestone; season the middle of September. 



