The peaches of New York
State of New York—Department of Agriculture Twenty-Fourth Annual Report—Vol. 2—Part II
ASSISTED BY
G. H. HOWE O. M. TAYLOR C. B. TUBERGEN
Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1916 II
ALBANY J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS 1917
NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION,
Geneva, N. Y., January 31, 1917 .
To the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station :
Gentlemen:—I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of the fifth in our series of fruit-publications, to be known as The Peaches of New York, and to constitute Part II of the report of this institution for 1916.
Peach-growing is an important industry in the State of New York. In certain counties the production of this fruit has been a main factor in the well-known prosperity of many owners of peach-orchards. Moreover, the peach, when at its best, is a luscious article of food and adds greatly not only to the enjoyment, but to the healthfulness, of our diet.
The commercial and dietary importance of the peach is, therefore, the justification for the preparation of this volume.
U. P. Hedrick
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PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE ORIGIN OF THE PEACH
HAS THE PEACH COME FROM THE ALMOND?
THE PEACH IN ASIA
THE PEACH IN EUROPE
THE PEACH IN AMERICA
SEEDLINGS GIVE WAY TO BUDDED TREES
THE CARE OF THE PEACH IN COLONIAL TIMES
ADAPTABILITY AND VARIABILITY IN THE PEACH
PLACE OF THE PEACH IN THE GENUS PRUNUS
TREE- AND FRUIT-CHARACTERS OF THE PEACH
PRUNUS PERSICA Stokes.
THE NECTARINE
PRUNUS DAVIDIANA (Carrière) Franchet
PRUNUS MIRA Koehne.
PUBESCENT-FRUITED SPECIES OF PRUNUS FROM THE UNITED STATES
HORTICULTURAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE PEACH
Peach-Production in the United States, 1890-1910
NEW TYPES OF PEACHES
PEACH-PRODUCTS
PEACH-YELLOWS
PEACH-BREEDING
CLIMATE
SOILS FOR PEACHES
LOCATIONS AND SITES FOR PEACH-ORCHARDS
STOCKS AND THE PROPAGATION OF PEACHES
THE PEACH-ORCHARD AND ITS CARE
HARVESTING, MARKETING AND PROFITS
DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW YORK PEACH-CROP
COSTS IN GROWING PEACHES
DISEASES OF THE PEACH
INSECTS ATTACKING THE PEACH
ADMIRAL DEWEY
ALEXANDER
ALTON
ARP
BELLE
BEQUETTE FREE
BERENICE
BLOOD CLING
BLOOD LEAF
BRIGDON
CANADA
CAPTAIN EDE
CARMAN
CHAIRS
CHAMPION
CHILI
CHINESE CLING
CHINESE FREE
CLIMAX
CROSBY
DAVIDSON
EARLY CRAWFORD
EARLY YORK
EDGEMONT
ELBERTA
ENGLE
EUREKA
FAMILY FAVORITE
FITZGERALD
FOSTER
GENERAL LEE
GEORGE IV
GOLD DROP
GOVERNOR HOGG
GREENSBORO
HALE EARLY
HEATH CLING
HEATH FREE
HILEY
HYNES
ILLINOIS
IMPERIAL
IRON MOUNTAIN
J. H. HALE
JENNIE WORTHEN
KALAMAZOO
LAMONT
LARGE YORK
LATE CRAWFORD
LATE RARERIPE
LEMON FREE
LEVY
LOLA
MAMIE ROSS
MAY LEE
MORRIS WHITE
MOUNTAIN ROSE
Muir
NIAGARA
OLDMIXON CLING
OLDMIXON FREE
OPULENT
PALLAS
PEARSON
PEENTO
PROLIFIC
RAY
RED CHEEK MELOCOTON.
REEVES
RIVERS
ROCHESTER
ST. JOHN
SALWEY
SCHUMAKER
SMOCK
STEVENS
STUMP
SUMMER SNOW
SURPASSE
THURBER
TRIANA
TRIUMPH
TROTH
WADDELL
WAGER
WATERLOO
WHEATLAND
YELLOW RARERIPE
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES, WITH ABBREVIATIONS USED
INDEX
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