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Hale s Early. —Origin, Ohio; fruit medium to large; skin greenish white, 
nearly covered with dark red; flesh white, melting, juicy and good; freestone. 
Ripens June 5th to 20th. 
Imperial. — A seedling of the Honey originated by ourselves, and the largest 
and finest in appearance of several hundred seedlings of this class that we have 
fruited; shape roundish oblong; size very large; skin greenish yellow, washed with 
red; flesh white, sweet and juicy; excellent flavor and good tone; perfect freestone. 
Quality best. Matures from June 25th to July 5th. 
June Beauty. — Seedling of Peen-to. Sub-cling; shape roundish oblong; 
size medium to large. Quality good. Ripens ten days later than Peen-to. 
Japan Dwarf Blood. — A stocky, rather dwarf-growing blood variety from 
Japan; of good size and appearance, and a perfect freestone; quality excellent. 
Ripens in June—earlier than Alexander; has fruited finely in Florida and Southern 
Louisiana, and great hopes are entertained of it as a valuable market peach. 
Laura. — Seedling of the Peen-to; originated in this county, where it has borne 
heavy crops for several years. Size very large, almost exactly round ; flesh white, 
sweet, juicy, and of fine flavor; clingstone. Quality excellent. Ripens nearly with 
the Peen-to. 
La Heine. — Origin, native seedling; of strong growth and a heavy bearer. 
Fruit very large, round, slightly oblong; skin yellowish white, washed with a deep 
red; flesh yellowish white, very red at the stone, firm, juicy, rich, delicious; cling¬ 
stone. July 20th to 25th. 
La MagnifLque. —Origin, native seedling; tree strong grower and heavy 
bearer. Fruit large, roundish oblong; skin yellowish white, washed with red; flesh 
firm, yellowish white, rich, sprightly, vinous, sub-acid; clingstone. Quality best. 
August 1st to 10th. 
Mountain Hose. — Fruit large, nearly round; skin white, washed with car¬ 
mine; flesh white, tinged with pink, rich, juicy, sub-acid. Quality excellent; free¬ 
stone. Ripens June 5th to 15th. 
Maggie. —Seedling of the Peen-to; originated at Waldo, Fla. Shape roundish 
•oblong; size large ; color yellowish white, washed with carmine; sub-cling; flesh 
line grained, sweet, juicy and melting; one of the best. Ripens very nearly with 
the Peen-to. Has brought fancy prices in Northern markets the past season. 
Onderdonk. — Originated in Texas by Mr. G. Onderdonk. Fruit large; skin 
and flesh yellow, very juicy and sweet, and possessed of a valuable combination of 
quality, appearance and productiveness ; freestone. Ripens latter part of July. 
Oldmixon Free. —Fruit large, inclining to oval ; skin yellowish white; flesh 
white, juicy, rich and vinous; freestone. Ripens July 15th to 25th. 
Peen-to. — This peculiar sub-tropical peach was first introduced into this 
country a great many year's ago from China, and is mentioned by Downing in his 
“ Fruits and Fruit Trees of America.” All trace of the Peen-to, as originally intro¬ 
duced, was subsequently lost; but the same variety was again introduced into this 
country from Australia in 1869, since which time it has been planted quite exten¬ 
sively in Florida, and has proven to be very valuable, not onlyffor itself, but also 
for the seedlings that have been produced from it, several of which are an improve¬ 
ment upon the original variety, and all of which seem to retain the remarkable 
adaptability to a sub-tropical climate that is characteristic of the parent. 
The Peen-to is a very curiously formed peach, resembling in shape a small, 
flat turnip, both ends being flattened, and the pit also partaking of the same shape. 
The color of the peach is a greenish white, beautifully washed with red in the sun, 
and, when allowed to thoroughly ripen on the tree, the fruit changes from its shade 
of lio-ht green to a most delicate waxen vellow. Flesh pale vellow, sweet, rich, 
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