The peaches of New York . ALTON (Large Flowered). BLOOD LEAF THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 79 We name but one sub-species of Prunus persica, and that Prank N. Meyer of the United States Department of Agriculture hasrecently introduced into the United States cuttings of a wild peach fromthe province of Kansu, China, which he thinks has horticultural peach is Prunus persica potanini Batalin {Act. Hort. Petrop. 12 :i6^.1892) which Mr. Meyer describes as follows: ^ A wild peach of the davidiana type, but differing from it in variouspoints. Collected at the base of sheltered mounta

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The peaches of New York . ALTON (Large Flowered). BLOOD LEAF THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 79 We name but one sub-species of Prunus persica, and that Prank N. Meyer of the United States Department of Agriculture hasrecently introduced into the United States cuttings of a wild peach fromthe province of Kansu, China, which he thinks has horticultural peach is Prunus persica potanini Batalin {Act. Hort. Petrop. 12 :i6^.1892) which Mr. Meyer describes as follows: ^ A wild peach of the davidiana type, but differing from it in variouspoints. Collected at the base of sheltered mountains at an elevation of4300 feet. A tall shrub or even small tree, up to 30 feet in height, barkof stem or trunk dark reddish-brown and quite smooth in the youngershoots; leaves like those of Amygdalus davidiana but often broader in themiddle and always less pointed. Fruits of round-elongated form; skincovered with a heavy down, no edible flesh; stones of elliptical shape, grooveslonger than in A. davidiana, shells very hard and thick, kernels el

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