AM YGD ALUS DA VIDIAN A. 



FrcmFrankMeyer, Tientsin, China. 



Important wild dryland peach used 

 commonly as stock for stone fruits in 

 China, Resists severe droughts and is 

 not affected by quite alkaline soils. 

 Strong vigorous grower. As hardy as 

 the Chihli peach in Central Iowa, and 

 especially earls' stock in California. 



AMYQDALUS PERSICA. 



Boli sian Clingstone Peach, budded on 

 com 2ion peach. The parent tree was 

 vi is : from seeds collected by Edward 



I : in Bolivia, from trees grown 

 hi ' ihe Franciscan padres. The fruits 

 a* s : i medium size and fine quality. 



AMYGDALUS PERSICA. 

 Bolivian Freestone Peach, budded on 

 common peach. The parent tree was 

 raised from seeds collected by Edward 

 Ehrhorn, in Bolivia, from trees grown 

 fey " e Franciscan isadres. The fruits 

 are of medium size and fine quality. 



AMYGDALUS PERSICA. 

 Sutter Creek Peach, budded on com- 

 mon peach* From W. Downs, Sutter 

 Creek, California, through W. A. Tay- 

 lor. This peach is quite resistant to 

 peach curly leaf and has fruit of good 

 size and quality. 



32372. AMYGDALUS PER- 

 SICA- Mexican Peach. From the San 

 Antonio Field Station, San Antonio, 

 Texas. A vigorous growing freestone 

 variety, resembling the Honey peach 

 of southern China, but more prolific, 

 more uniform in size, and with a more 

 uniform ripening period, about the 

 20th of Ju.se at San Antonio, or about 

 one weeL I'aver than the Honey peach. 

 Garden i election from peaches im- 

 ported from Mexico. 



AMYGDALUS PER- 

 8! OAs Mexican Peach. From the San 

 Antonio Field Station, San Antonio, 

 Texas. A freestone variety, in shape 

 and flavor resemblin g the Honey peach 

 of southern China, but not ripening 

 until about August 20th at San Anto- 

 nio, nearly two months later than the 

 Honey variety. Considered valuable 

 because of its late ripening period. 

 Garden selection from peaches im- 

 ported from Mexico. 



