U. P. HEDRICK, _Horticulturist, New York Agricultural Experiment Station_. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS xi CHAPTER I.--HISTORY OF THE PEACH 1 CHAPTER II--BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE PEACH 68 CHAPTER III.--COMMERCIAL PEACH-GROWING IN AMERICA 98 CHAPTER IV.--PEACH-GROWING IN NEW YORK 131 CHAPTER V.--LEADING VARIETIES OF PEACHES 178 CHAPTER VI.--MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES 291 BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS 499 INDEX 511 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE DESCRIPTION OF A PEACH 76 MAP SHOWING PEACH REGIONS IN NEW YORK 134 VARIETIES ADMIRAL DEWEY 178 ALEXANDER 180 ALTON 180 ARP 182 BELLE 184 BEQUETTE FREE 184 BERENICE 186 BLOOD CLING 188 BLOOD LEAF 188 BRIGDON 190 CANADA 190 CAPTAIN EDE 192 CARMAN 194 CHAIRS 194 CHAMPION 196 CHILI 198 CHINESE CLING 198 CLIMAX 200 CROSBY 202 DAVIDSON 204 EARLY CRAWFORD 206 EARLY YORK 208 EDGEMONT 208 ELBERTA 210