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I. The Peento or flat peaches best represented by the variety 

 Peento and grown for most part in the south. 



II. The South China peaches having fruits long-pointed and 

 oval with a deep suture near the base. Example ; the Honey. 



III. The Spanish or Indian Eace. Very late with yellow, 

 firm and often streaked fruits. Grown in the South. Typical 

 sort are; Lulu, Texas, Galveston. 



IV. The ISTorth China Race. Pruit very large and mostly 

 cling and with large leaves. Eepresented by Elb^rta, Smock 

 and many others. 



V. The Persian peaches including most of the common 

 peaches of the north as the Crawfords, Salway, Oldmixons and 

 so on. 



The peach lends itself more readily than almost any other 

 fruit to artificial classification, and there are several very serv- 

 iceable systems in common use. That of John J. Thomas, 

 which we give below, is the best of any, and has attained wide 

 publicity through its having been published in many editions 

 of Thomas' "The American Fruit Culturist." The student will 

 do well to study the characters upon which this classification 

 is founded from actual specimens. 



DIVISION I. FEEESTONES OE MELTEES. 



Class I. — Plesh Pale or Light-Colored. 



Section I. — Leaves serrated, without glands. 

 Section II. — ^Leaves crenate, with globose glands. 

 Section III. — Leaves with reniform glands. 



Class II.— Plesh Deep Yellow. 



Section I. — ^Leaves crenated, with globose glands. 

 Section II. — Leaves with reniform glands. 



