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55564. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Plants budded from a selected seedling.
Grown and selected at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Calif., from
seed obtained through John R. Putnam, American consul at Valencia, Spain. Fruits golden yellow, blushed red. Pit small and yellow, not coloring the
flesh, which is firm and of fine flavor. A good shipper and may prove
excellent for canning. Average weight of the fruits ahout 5 ounces.
The variety ripens at Chico about the middle of August. (Chico, Calif.)

55813. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Seedling grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif.  This tree has matured a heavy crop of exceptionally delicious peaches.  Fruits yellow with red cheeks, slightly flattened
at the ends and bulging in the center, about 3 inches in diameter, and
2¾ inches long. Flesh 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 Spanish variety
Tardio Amarillo, grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif.
Fruits nearly spherical, about 2½ inches long; skin golden yellow with
reddish tinge; flesh golden yellow with tinge of red at pit, juicy, of
good texture and flavor. Matures at Chico in late August or early
September.  A good canning clingstone 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 2½ 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.)

55885. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. From Yunnan, China, Collected by 
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A large tree found wild in the mountains
of southwestern China at an altitude of 5,000 feet.  The red clingstone
fruits have juicy flesh with a cherry-like flavor. (Chico, Calif.)

55886. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F.
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A large tree, 50 feet high, found wild in
the mountains of southwestern China at an altitude of 5,500 feet. The
fruits are said to be of fair size, yellow with a red cheek, clingstone,
with yellow, very juicy flesh of good flavor. (Chico, Calif.)

55887. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. From Yunnan, China. Collected by
J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A large, vigorous tree found at an
altitude of 8,500 feet in southwestern China. The fruits, about 2½
inches in diameter, have red and yellow skin, and firm, white, insipid
flesh.  To be tested as a stock. (Chico, Calif.)
        