FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
XI 
PEACHES—Continued. 
(See Explanation of Abbreviations on page iii) 
NAMES 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Adaptability. 
Fruit. 
Tree. 
Wlestern North Fla 
Eastern North Fla. 
Central Florida, 
Southern Florida. 
Use. 
Size, 
Class. 
Color. 
Quality, 
Season. 
Vigor. 
Prolificness. 
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38 Taber . 
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Triana. 
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40 I Victor . 
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41 Victoria . 
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42 Waldo .>. .. 
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43 Yum Yum . 
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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 tabde, 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 theState 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 produc¬ 
tion 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, tlje Peen-to, is also possessed of marked individual characteristics; its 
shape being flat like a tomato, and unless grown with fertilizers rich in prosphoric acid 
and potash is apt to be possessed of a bitter almond or noyau flavor. It_comes from South 
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 originated 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 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 de¬ 
gree. Those that have orignated from the Peen-to are of regular peach shape. 
