My discoveryrelates to improvements in yellowfleshed cling peaches of the type used by commercial canners.
the treeoriginated as a seedling, thereafter growing as a root sprout from 5 the understock where a Phillips Cling graft had died. This discovery was made on my own property near Marysville, California.
My new peachis of especial commercial value due to the fact that it offers a peach of fine can- [0 ning quality and desirable growth habits which ripens at the same time as the Phillips Cling and may be used as a substitute for this variety.
the accompanying illustrationsshow a Whole peach, a cross section of a peach showing the seed, and a branch of blossoms, all in full color, together with a leaf showing shape and size but not true color.
the branch of blossomsis slightly enlarged in the original illustrations but fruit and leaf are approximately natural size.
the treeis slightly weeping and of average vigor; shaped much like the Guam variety.
Main branchesstocky and of medium smoothness. Stems a combination of brown and green.
Stone.Smallaveraging 1 inch wide ⁇ by 20 1%. inch long; plump; clings to flesh over entire surface; apex sharp-pointed; not subject to splitting.
the new and distinct variety of peach tree herein shown and describedcharacterized particularly by its slightly drooping form and long foliage; its fruit which ripens at the same time as the Phillips Cling, having firm, oxidationresisting flesh desirable for canning purposes, also being free from gumming, splitting of pit, and 40 reddening at the pit.
