CHAPTER VI.--MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES 291

BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS 499

INDEX 511

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE DESCRIPTION OF A PEACH 76

MAP SHOWING PEACH REGIONS IN NEW YORK 134

VARIETIES

ADMIRAL DEWEY 178

ALEXANDER 180

ALTON 180

ARP 182

BELLE 184

BEQUETTE FREE 184

BERENICE 186

BLOOD CLING 188

BLOOD LEAF 188

BRIGDON 190

CANADA 190

CAPTAIN EDE 192

CARMAN 194

CHAIRS 194

CHAMPION 196

CHILI 198

CHINESE CLING 198

CLIMAX 200

CROSBY 202

DAVIDSON 204

EARLY CRAWFORD 206

EARLY YORK 208

EDGEMONT 208

ELBERTA 210

ENGLE 212

EUREKA 212

FAMILY FAVORITE 214

FITZGERALD 214

FOSTER 216

GENERAL LEE 216

GEORGE IV 218

GOLD DROP 220

GOVERNOR HOGG 220

GREENSBORO 222

HALE EARLY 222

HEATH CLING 224

HEATH FREE 226

HILEY 226

HYNES 228

ILLINOIS 230

IMPERIAL 230

IRON MOUNTAIN 232

J. H. HALE 234

JENNIE WORTHEN 236

KALAMAZOO 236

KENTUCKY (NECTARINE) 84

LAMONT 238

LATE CRAWFORD 240

LATE RARERIPE 242

LEMON FREE 244

LOLA 246

MAMIE ROSS 246

MAY LEE 248

MORRIS WHITE 250

MOUNTAIN ROSE 250

MUIR 252

NEWTON (NECTARINE) 84

NIAGARA 254

OLDMIXON CLING 254

OLDMIXON FREE 256

PALLAS 258

PEARSON 260

PEENTO 260

[Reproduced from Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London IV: 512. 1822.]

PROLIFIC 262

_PRUNUS DAVIDIANA_ 86

RAY 262

RED CHEEK MELOCOTON 264

REEVES 266

RIVERS 266

ROCHESTER 268

ST. JOHN 270

SALWEY 272

SCHUMAKER 274

SMOCK 274

STEVENS 276

STUMP 278

SUMMER SNOW 278

SURPASSE 280

THURBER 280

TRIANA 282

TRIUMPH 282

WADDELL 284

WAGER 286

WATERLOO 288

WHEATLAND 288

YELLOW RARERIPE 290

PEACH BLOSSOMS

ALTON (LARGE FLOWERED) 78

BLOOD LEAF 78

CHINESE FREE (MEDIUM FLOWERED) 80

CROSBY (SMALL FLOWERED) 80

KENTUCKY (NECTARINE) 82

SUMMER SNOW (WHITE FLOWERED) 82

THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK