. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 167. Illinois. (XV2) Tree medium in size and vigor, upright to spreading, hardy, very productive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches wide, curled under at the tips, ovate-lanceolate, thin, leathery; margin deeply and sharply serrate, the serrations often in 2 series; teeth tipped with small glands ; petiole % inch long, glandless. Blossoms mid- season, variable in color, 1 inch across, often in twos. Fruit early midseason; 2V& inches in diameter, round- oblate, compressed, the halves usually unequal ; cavity deep, abrupt, often tinged with
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 167. Illinois. (XV2) Tree medium in size and vigor, upright to spreading, hardy, very productive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches wide, curled under at the tips, ovate-lanceolate, thin, leathery; margin deeply and sharply serrate, the serrations often in 2 series; teeth tipped with small glands ; petiole % inch long, glandless. Blossoms mid- season, variable in color, 1 inch across, often in twos. Fruit early midseason; 2V& inches in diameter, round- oblate, compressed, the halves usually unequal ; cavity deep, abrupt, often tinged with red; suture shallow, deepening toward the apex; apex rounded, with a mucronate tip ; color creamy-white, blushed with dull, dark red and mottled with splashes of brighter red; pubescence heavy; slcin tough ; flesh white, stained red near the pit, juicy, tender and melting, sweet; good in quality ; stone semi-free to free, obovate, elongated toward the base, plump, short-pointed at the apex, with grooved and pitted surfaces. IMPERIAL. Fig. 168. Of the several honey-flavored peaches, Imperial is one of the best. The fruit is not easily distinguished in appearance from that of Climax, and is also rather closely allied to Honey in outward char-. 168. Imperial. {XV2) 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 thej' mature. Im- perial is worth a place in everj^ 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 Honey grown in 1890 by G. L. Taber, Glen Saint Mar>', Florida. Tree medium in size or small, upright-spreading, round-topped, productive. Leaves 6M inches long, IV2 inches wide, flat, lanceolate, leathery; margin finely and shallowly serrate ; teeth tipped with glands ; petiole % inch long, with 1-4 small, ren
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