
          stone peach of attractive appearance and splendid quality. The skin 
is orange yellow with a red blush, the flesh yellow, of excellent 
flavor. It is recommended by Mr. Wright as of unusual merit for canning, 
as the fruit retains its form when cooked.

43137. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Variety Up-to-date. From New 
Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright. Described as a vigorous-growing, heavy-yielding variety producing very large freestone, yellow-fleshed 
fruits of excellent quality. The fruits are too delicate 
in texture to withstand shipment to distant markets, but for canning 
and home use it is said to be excellent.

43289. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Original introduction from 
Canton, China. Seeds presented by P. R. Josselyn, American vice consul. 
Budded plants available from a selected seedling of the Ying 
Tsui To (eagle's beak peach). This is a small, white, freestone peach 
with sweet, white flesh and a red pit. Of value for home use.

43291. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Original introduction from 
Canton, China. Seeds presented by P. R. Josselyn, American vice consul. 
Budded plants available from a selected seedling whose fruits 
are small, white, freestone, with exceedingly sweet flesh. It is a 
good variety for eating from the tree, but of little value commercially.

48508. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Indian Blood Peach. From Santa Cruz, 
Calif. Seeds presented by George G, Streator. A variety of vigorous 
growth, yielding medium-sized, greenish gray and red fruits having 
blood-red, very juicy flesh of excellent quality. The season of 
ripening is late. This variety is promising as a canning peach.

55563. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Plants budded from a seedling 
grown and selected at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, California, 
from seed obtained through John R. Putnam, American consul at 
Valencia, Spain. The fruits 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.

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. 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.

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