The Peaches of New York

About this eBook

Author

Hedrick, U. P., 1870-1951

Title

The peaches of New York

Credits

Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Wayne Hammond, illustrations from The Internet Archive (TIA) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Peach

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47263

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47263

Release Date

November 1, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK BY U. P. HEDRICK
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE PEACH — 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
5. 5.CHAPTER II BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF 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
6. 6.CHAPTER III COMMERCIAL PEACH-GROWING IN AMERICA — Peach-Production in the United States, 1890-1910 — NEW TYPES OF PEACHES — PEACH-PRODUCTS — PEACH-YELLOWS — PEACH-BREEDING
7. 7.CHAPTER IV PEACH-GROWING IN NEW YORK — 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
8. 8.CHAPTER V LEADING VARIETIES OF PEACHES — 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
9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES
10. 10.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES, WITH ABBREVIATIONS USED
11. 11.INDEX
12. 12.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Note:

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