
          55563. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Plants budded from a seedling grown and 
selected at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, California, from seeds 
obtained through John R. Putnam, American Consul at Valencia, Spain. The 
fruit's of this variety are large and yellow with a red blush. The flesh 
is golden yellow throughout and of excellent flavor; the pit is small. 
The fruits weigh, on the average, 9 ounces. This variety promises to be 
of value as a commercial canning peach. It remains firm when cooked, 
maintains its delicate flavor, and does not require a very heavy sirup. 
The fruits ripen at the Chico Plant Introduction Garden about August 20. 
(Chico, Calif.)

55564. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Plants budded from a selected seedling. 
Grown and selected at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Calif., from 
seeds obtained through John R. Putnam, American Consul at Valencia, Spain. 
The fruits are a fine golden yellow, blushed red, with a deep basin and 
distinct suture. The pit is small and yellow, not coloring the flesh, 
which is firm and of fine flavor. It is a good shipper and may prove 
excellent for canning. The average weight of the fruits is about 5 ounces. 
The variety ripens at the Chico Garden about the middle of August. 
(Chico, Calif.)

55813. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Seedling grown at the Plant Introduction 
Garden, Chico, California. This tree has matured a heavy crop of exceptionally  delicious freestone peaches. The fruit is yellow with red cheeks, slightly 
flattened at the ends and bulging in the center, about 3 inches in diameter, 
and 2 3/4 inches long. The basin is wide and shallow, the suture rather 
indistinct. The flesh is yellow, very juicy, and of fine quality. In 
flavor this variety compares favorably with Late Crawford; it is about a 
week later than Elberta, and in texture it is better than the latter. 
(Chico, Calif.)

55835. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Seedling of the variety Tardio Amarillo 
from Spain, grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. The 
fruits are 2-1/8 by 2-1/4 inches, weighing on the average 4 ounces; the 
skin is golden with a faint blush, the basin deep and narrow, the depression 
at the suture slight. Both flesh and pit are yellow. The season for this 
variety in Chico is early September. This is a good canning clingstone 
peach and a heavy bearer. (Chico, Calif.)

55836. AMYGDALUS PERSICA.  Peach. Seedling of the variety Tardio Amarillo 
from Spain, grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, California. The 
fruits are 2 by 2 1/2 inches, weighing 4 ounces on the average; the basin 
is deep and narrow and the suture visible only as a line; the flesh is 
deep yellow, of good texture and flavor; the pit is small and yellow. 
This clingstone peach ripens at Chico late in August and should be tested 
for canning purposes. (Chico, Calif.)

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