Archive image from page 206 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 Tree medium in size or small, up right-spreading, round-topped, productive. Leaves 6 inches long, IVi inches wide, flat, lanceolate, leathery; margin finely and shallowly serrate ; teeth tipped with glands; petiole inch long, with 1-4 small, reniform glands. Blossoms midseason; medium in size, showy, light pink, usually single. Fruit late; 2V2 inches long, 2 inches wide, oval, with unequal halves; cavity shallow, medium in width, flaring; suture very shallow, often
Archive image from page 206 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 Tree medium in size or small, up right-spreading, round-topped, productive. Leaves 6 inches long, IVi inches wide, flat, lanceolate, leathery; margin finely and shallowly serrate ; teeth tipped with glands; petiole inch long, with 1-4 small, reniform glands. Blossoms midseason; medium in size, showy, light pink, usually single. Fruit late; 2V2 inches long, 2 inches wide, oval, with unequal halves; cavity shallow, medium in width, flaring; suture very shallow, often indistinct toward the cavity; apex distinctly elongated; color whitish, with faint mottlings and a distinct blush ; pubes- cence short, thick; skin tough, adhering to the pulp; flesh white, stained with red near the pit, juicy, fine- grained, tender and melting, very sweet and of a de- lightful flavor; very good to best: stone free, bulged at one side, long and pointed at the apex, with rough, pitted surfaces, dark brown mingled with purplish-red. IRON MOUNTAIN. Fig. 169. Hardiness is the outstanding character which has brought Iron Mountain into prominence. The intro- ducer claims extreme hardiness of wood and bud for the variety; others say that it is sur- passed in hardiness by Crosby. Wager, and other varieties of their type. Iron Mountain is a very late, white-fleshed, freestone peach, 168. Imperial. (XVa) acters, but has a somewhat distinct flavor in which it surpasses Climax and Honey. It differs from both, also, in time of ripening. The peaches drop badly as they mature. Im- perial is worth a place in even,' home orchard where it does not have to brave too great a degree of cold; and peach-breeders should seize the opportunity to cross it with less richly flavored northern varieties. Imperial is a seedling of Honev grown in 1890 by G. L. Taber, Glen Saint lilarj', Florida. 169. Iron Mountain. (X) well adapted for extending the commercial limits for this fruit in regi
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