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tapering to eye; cells round, slit, abaxile, roomy; tube hmnel-sliaiwl) 

 small, short: stamens medium; seeds lar.^e, short, ]>lump; ilesh 

 white, moderately .juiej', firm, mild, pleasant suliaeid, t^ood. January 

 to .June and later. 



Peach ()/ Mdiitrcdl. — Origin, France; tree vigorous, shoots light 

 broMn. 



Fruit large, roundish oUong; skin thin and tenacious; surface 

 smooth, glossy, white, lightly washed with dull red, indistinctly 

 strijjed crimson, without bloom; dots yellow or l)ro\vn; cavity regular, 

 medium, russet circles; stem medium, slender, long; Ijasin regular, 

 medium, abrupt, furrowed; calyx medium, nearly closed; segments 

 long, narrow, slightly reflexed. Core wide, conical, clasping, large; 

 seeds large, short, brown, ten in numljer; flesh } ellowish white, fine- 

 grained, tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly subacid, good. Early autumn. 

 (U. S. Div. of Pomology, 1902.) 



Pease, Wttltcr. — Originated in Soniers, Connecticut, by Walter 

 Pease, about the first of the nineteenth century. 



Fruit large, roundish; surface smooth, greenish yellow, washed 

 with pale lirick red, splashed and striped with crimson; .slight bloom; 

 dots numerous, light russet or gray; cavity large, regular, deep, 

 flaring, greenish, and very slightly russeted; stem short, of medium 

 caliper, curved; basin medium to large, regular, medium to deep, 

 abrupt, furrowed; calyx medium size, nearly closed; segments long, 

 narrow, converging, reflexed at point. Core medimii, oval, meeting, 

 nearly closed; seeds few, medium size, angular, brown; flesh whitish, 

 moderately fine-grained, tender, juicy, subacid, very good. Autumn. 

 (U. S. Div. of Pomology, 1S95.) 



Peck Plea.sant. — Origin, Rhode Island; tree spreading, of moderate 

 vigor, productive and a regular l)earer. 



Fruit large, roundish, somewhat angular, or flattened, and ^^•ith a 

 shaflow furrow on one side; surface smooth, a l)ea.utiful clear yehow, 

 with bright blush; dots few, gray, with white bases; cavity wide, 

 rather wavy; stem very thick, fleshy, knobb}-, very short; basin 

 narrow, alirupt, rather deep; calyx small, open; segments short. 

 Core large, closed, clasping; seeds many, angular; flesh yellowish, 

 very tender, fine-grained, crisp, juicy, delicious aromatic, sprightly 

 subacid, very good or best. Early w-inter. 



Peerless.— Originated near Pichlaud, Minnesota, in 1S(J4 or LSO.i. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, regular; surface greenisli, striped 



