CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. XI 
PEACHES —Continued. 
(See Explanation of Abbreviations on page iii) 
NAMES 
Origin. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Adaptability. 
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Tree. 
Western North Fla. 
Eastern North Fla. 
Central Florida. 
Southern Florida. 
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Remarks. —The Peach is successfully grown in localities throughout the greater part of 
the State, and in some districts is extensively produced for shipment to Northern mar¬ 
kets. As a rule, for this purpose, only those varieties are grown which are marked “early” and 
“very early” in the above table, and which come in before the general crop farther north. To this 
there are some exceptions, notably in Western North Florida, where some mid-season varieties, like 
Elberta, are successfully grown for shipment. 
While the list of peaches grown in the State embraces many varieties, the various sections, 
covering a wide range of latitude and longitude,differ to such an extent in soil,climate and conditions 
of local environment, that the varieties adapted to a particular region are comparatively limited in 
number. A first and vital essential to successful peach production is the adaptability of variety to 
locality; in general this is true of peaches to a greater extent than other fruits, and especially so in 
Florida. 
No. 21 is of peculiar shape, being elongated, with deep suture, and sharp recurved point. It is 
very sweet as its name “Honey” indicates; This variety comes from China and is the progenitor of a 
race of peaches well suited to the central and northern sections of the State. No. 38, the Peen-to, is 
also possessed of marked individual characteristics; its shape being flat like a tomato, and unless 
grown with fertilizers rich in phosphoric acid and potash is apt to be possessed of a bitter almond or 
noyau flavor. It comes from Southern China or Java and the varieties that have originated from it 
have given us a sub-tropical race of peaches well adapted to Southern and Central Florida. It is safe 
to say that nine-tenths of the commercial peach culture of peninsular Florida is confined to the 
varieties that have been or^inated from the above two introductions from the Orient. It should be 
mentioned, however, that neither the varieties that have originated from the Honey or from the Peen- 
to retain to such a marked extent the shape of the parent. Those that have originated from the Honey 
show a tendency to the recurved point but in a less marked degree. Those that have originated from 
ihe Peen-to are of regular peach shape. 
