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red at the pit, quite firm, vinous; pit free; quality good. A profitable 

 variety in Texas and the Soutli, and it does well in Michigan. Texas. 



Mountain Rose. — Large, roundish, tapering toward the apex; 

 color creamy white, 1)lushed and s]jrinkled with red spots; suture in 

 slight depression extending be3'ond the apex; cavity abrupt and 

 deep. Flesh creamy white, with red at tlie pit, tender, melting, 

 very good; pit free. .\n amateur home variety mainly, but gro\\'n 

 across the continent. New .Jersey. 



Morris White White h'firciijjr). — Large, roundish or roundish 

 oval; color creamy white, often with colored cheek; suture extends 

 to small swollen apex. Flesh white, cpiite firm, melting, rich in 

 flavor; pit free. An old variety, yet ]jlanted widely. 



Mrs. Brett. — Large, roundisii; color yellowish wliite, with bright 

 red cheek; suture broad and shallow, extending somewhat beyond 

 apex. Flesh wliite, with red at pit, juicy, melting, sweet, rich; 

 pit free. Earlier than Oldmixon Free and superior to it in color and 

 quality. Commercial. Kew York. 



Muir. — Large, roundish, oval, somewhat compressed; color 

 yellow, with reddish cheek and splashes of red and crimson; cavity 

 broad and quite deep; suture extends to apex. Flesh yellow, tender, 

 sprightly; pit free. A cosmopolitan variety, doing well over the 

 peach sections (jf the LTnion. In California Prof. Wickson says: 

 "A good shipper and canncr, and peculiarly adapted to drying 

 because of exceiitional sweetness and density of fle-;h ; yielding one 

 pound di-y from less than five ]xiunds fresh." California. 



Nectarine. — Large, ovate, pointed at ajiex; color pale vellow, 

 with faint red and marbled cheek; pul)(>scence very slight; suture 

 obscure. Flesh Avhite, with red at iiit, juicy, vinous, rich, vcrj- 

 good; pit free. England. 



Newhall. — "\'ery large, roundish; color yellow, with dark red cheek. 

 Flesh deep yellow, juicy, with rich vinous flavor; |)it free. Originated 

 in California, but it has proven a success in the southwestern States 

 east of the mountains, and where te-ted in New .Jersey. 



New Prolific. — Large, roundish oval; color yellow, with bright red 

 cheek and bloom; cavity narrow and deep; suture deep, extending 

 beyond apex. Flesh yehow, with some red at pit, firm, delicate, 

 sprightly, vinous, very good; pit I'ree. Tliis ha-; a high position as a 

 shipper in Ohio ami (lie Ea-l geaerallv. 



Niagara. — A vari'My grown in ^^"estcrn Xew York, supposed to be 



