Persica lavis. Varieties. - The following are cultivated in the Philadelphia Nurseries, and are among the better kinds:

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Color - y yellow; r red; o orange; g green; w white. Size - l large; m medium.

Those marked * are clingstones.

NAME.

col'r

SIZE

QUAL

SEASON.

Downton

• • • • •

y r

L

1

September

Elruge

• • • ■ •

y r

L

1

August

*Golden

•

0

M

2

September

Peterborough

• • •

° g

M

2

September

*Red Roman

•

g r

L

1

September

*White Roman

■ • • • «

w

L

1

August

"White Early

.

w

L

1

August

For Culture, see. Peach, which applies.