The Florida agriculturist., 1889-05-22
Peaches.
YUM YUM.


May 20th.-Received from H. w Reed & Co.,
Waycross, Ga, specimens of the peach to which
they have given the above name. Accord
ing to the note accompanying the same this
new peach is a Seeding of the Peento grown near
Waldo. The first crop when half an inch in diam
eter in January froze but the tree Immediately
put on second crop Those sent are from this
second crop they ripened May 18th, and had it
not been for the freeze referred to, would have
ripened in April
Your committee passed upon these specimens as
follows:
General Appearance.-Good size medium, near
ly round, and measuring six and two-thirds inches
in eireNuaf sRenees both Vaz,s; suture medium to
deep, fruit slightly raised one side OF suture,
particularly near the apex; small point slightly
recurved; color greensh yellow, washed or tinged
with carmine flesh yellowsh white sweet melting
and juicy grain medium; slight noyau flavor;
pit medium sized, ordinary shape
Resembled Bidwells Early so closely that the
committee we're unable to detect any difference
without specimens of the latter with which to
compare it. There is a marked similarity between
all the round fruted seedlings OF the Peento strain
which have thus far been brought to public no.
tice. The difference between Bidwells Early,
Cessna's Superior, Minnick's Maggie, the Yum
Yum and others is too slight to be detected in
market, and an expert would find it difficult to
distinguish between them.
MEALS HYBRID.
Under date of May 25th. we received from j. G.
Neal NJ D., of Ainshe Levy county Florida the
following:
81 send you to-day samples OF my new peach.
cross between Honey and Peento havefourteen
trees of the same kind seedlings from a few days
work some SIX years ago Honey pollen on Peento.
/ send small specimens; have them one-third
larger; they. are not ripe yet, not colored as
they will be in a week. The frost of February
destroyed the early setting. These date from
February 1st.
The specimens were large and very highly col
ored and were describeu as follows; 49,;
General appearance.-very good measuring
seven and three-eghts inches in circumference both
ways) shape round. moderate sutufsa - asall
point. slghfay recurved color greenish yellow
washed with red; cling; flesh white, sub-acid.
melting and juicy grain medium; quality good,
no trace OF noyau: pit medium size and common
shape.
The entire absence ofthe characteristic bitter
of the Peento family is somewhat remarkable in
a fruit SO closely resembling other seedlings of
this type This is. we believe, the first variety in
troduced as the results OF artificial fertilization
and goes to confirm the theory of hybridization
between Honey and Peento about which we con-
fess we have been in doubt
BENTLEY's EARLY
In the same mail with the foregoing we received
the following from E. T. Bentley, Satsuma
Heights, Putnam county Florida. dated May %.
II send you to-day two peaches, Bentley's
EarIv, chance seedliAss growing near Bakers
Landing on Duns Greek. 1t is two weeks earlier
than last year, not large. If it continues to
ripen at this time it will be valuable peach
This peach. according to the standard of the
committee. is described as follows:
General appearance.-Fair; size below medium
(hve and threefourths by six and oneiourth inches