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Mr. Beagles has sent me foui- fruits of your 
Feitcheng peach, SPI No. 38178. Mr. Young took 
two of the fruits over to Mr. Waite, and T am 
enclosing herewith a copy ^of Mr. Waite's state- 
ments v/ith regard to them. T have also just had 
a talk v;ith him about this peach and find- that 
he is of the opinion that it may have decided 
possibilities in this country, and he recommends 
that it be tried out as a canning peach primarily, 
in the various regions along the Pacific Coast and 
in the Eastern peach belt where canning peaches 
are in demand. When you return, you can have a 
long talk with Mr. Waite about it. If this Fei- 
Cheng is adapted to the Eastern United States, 
it may take a place by the side of the other 
peaches of Chinese origin which have really 
built up the peach industry of the Eastern States. 
Of course, the whole question remains to be settled 
as to whether this excellent variety v;ill fill a 
particular niche in the peach industry so far as 
season is concerned. It will require several years 
to determine this fact, but T. think you are to be 
congratulated in any case in having launched the 
Feitcheng peach and having secured the enthusi- 
astic report in regard to it which Mr. Waite 
gives. I look upon him as unusually competent 
to give an opinion on the commercial prospects 
of this peach. 
Mr. ¥/aite's statement, as recorded by Mr, R. A. Young, regard- 
ing the specimen (dead-ripe) of the Feitcheng peach, SPI No. 
38178, from Chico, Calif., reads as follows: 
It is similar to one of the very best 
California canning peaches; very sweet and 
rich. It is one of the sv/eetest peaches of 
this type I have ever tasted. There is com- 
plete absence of bitterness or tv/ang. The 
fruit is of good size,- plenty large enough. 
It has a slight blush, and a little red in 
the flesh next to the pit. The flesh is 
creamy white. This peach is a typical, full 
cling, in flavor and texture. It is of the 
late type and in California would, so far as 
season is concerned, be a rival of the Phillit)s, 
Tuscan, Orange and Lemon,- all of which, how- 
ever, are yellow peaches and all of Persian 
ancestry. The California canning peach is 
of this type. 
December 31, 1917. 
