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In the East the Peitcheng would tie a 
rival of the White Heath, v/hich is also of 
Persian ancestry. It is difficult to say 
whether one of these two is tietter than the 
other, (The \7hite Heath is a superb canning 
peach.) If the Peitcheng is of the Chinese 
type it would probably be adapted to the 
eastern United States, but there are sev- 
eral important questions In this connection 
which need to be answered: • 
How far north is Peitcheng (the origin 
of the peach)'? 
?/hat isfche vigor, the productiveness, 
and tHe resistance of the trees to 
cold? 
How tender is the bud? 
Hov/ resistant to leaf -curl, brov/n-rot 
and peach scab? 
Por California, a very important question 
would be its resistance to the gumming fungus. 
The maximum size of the peach fruit -^s not 
usually attained until the trees are ten or 
twelve years old, and the Peitcheng may become 
larger when the trees become older. 
In his letter of October ?5, 1917, from King men, Hupeh, 
Mr. Meyer made the follov/ing comments: 
Is it really so that this peach has 
fruitedt It began to look as if we should 
never get the genuine article. I wonder 
v/hether they were born on one of the eight 
trees which I sent in 1914-? 
Now will see ho\T popular it becomes with 
the general public. Well, anyway, I am glad 
I have succeeded in getting it introduced 
into the United States. 
On SeDtember 27, 1917, from King men, Hupeh, Mr. Meyer wrote 
in part: 
I am now at the collecting of these wild 
pears, but here we also have troubles. My former 
interpreter who deserted me in July had made a 
contract for 4,000 catties of wild pears, to be 
gotten in 6arly September; now, however, upon 
coming here, I find that he and the fruit merchant 
have been misunderstanding each other and it was 
December 31, IQl?. 
