. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XI VARIETIES OF PEACHES In the author's Peaches of New York, 2181 varieties of this fruit are described; the num- ber attests the variability of the peach in America, Europe, and Asia, many sorts grown at one time or another in tlie New World having come from the Old World. Of these, 120 are described in this text as being in cultivation at the present time, most of which, but not all, are offered in current catalogs of the trade. The great number of kmds can be distinguished through differences in size, shape, skin, flesh, flavor, ar
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. CHAPTER XI VARIETIES OF PEACHES In the author's Peaches of New York, 2181 varieties of this fruit are described; the num- ber attests the variability of the peach in America, Europe, and Asia, many sorts grown at one time or another in tlie New World having come from the Old World. Of these, 120 are described in this text as being in cultivation at the present time, most of which, but not all, are offered in current catalogs of the trade. The great number of kmds can be distinguished through differences in size, shape, skin, flesh, flavor, aroma, stone, and season; and, if fruit be lacking or insufficient for identification, the leaf, flower, and tree offer nearly as many more distinguishing char- acters. If the histories be noted, it will be seen that most of the varieties have come from chance seedlings, and that there have been few attempts in the past systematically to breed peaches. The several groups and the many varieties described make an excellent founda- tion upon which to build, and now that plant- breeding centers around better-known phenom- ena than breeders have had to work with in the past, it may be expected that peaches superior to those we now have will be introduced rap- idly. Unfortunately, a comparatively large number of the descriptions have had to be compiled; wherever this is the case, the fact is noted. All of the other descriptions, by far the larger number, have been made from trees growing on the grounds of the Experi- ment Station at Geneva, New York. ADMIRAL DEWEY. Fig. 153. Admiral. Dewey. While nowhere largely planted, Ad- miral Dewey is often set for an early peach in commercial and home orchards. The. 153. Admiral Dewey. (X%) peaches are yellow in flesh, good in quality, not always freestone, run small, are so heavily pubescent as to be unattractive, are very sus- ceptible to brown-rot, and are often disfigured by peach-scab. Admiral Dewey was grown 161 from a seed of Alexander by
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