34-39 ; history of the, in Europe, 25-39 ; history of the, in France, 32-33 ; history of the, in Germany, 33-34 ; history of the, in Greece, 26 ; history of the, in Holland, 33-34 ; history of the, in Italy, 27-32 ; history of the, in Japan, 21-22 ; history of the, in Mexico, 40-41 ; history of the, in Persia, 4-Feb ; history of the, in Spain, 33-34 ; history of the, in Turkestan and Persia, 22-25 ; horticultural classifications of the, 91-97 ; insects detrimental to the, 173-177 ; mention of the, by Chinese writers, 7 ; mention of the, by French writers, 32-33 ; mention of the, by Greek and Roman writers, 7-Jun , 26-32 ; origin of the, 11-Feb ; origin of the name of the, 2 ; original habitat of the, 4-Mar ; place of the, in the genus Prunus, 68-70 ; relationship of the, to the almond, 13-Nov , 69-70 , 80 ; tree- and fruit-characters of the, 71-77 ; uses of the wood of the, 117 Peach-acreage in New York, 132-133 ; -areas in New York, 131-132 ; -brandy, commercial value of, 116 ; -breeding, discussion of, 130 ; -culture, where started in America, 40 ; -flowers, value of, in classification, 75-76 ; -fruits, value of, in classification, 76 ; -growing, commercial beginning of, in America, 98-99 ; commercial development of, in the South, 101 ; commercial development of, in Connecticut, 101 ; development of, in New York, 101-102 ; development of, in Ohio, 102-103 ; -industry, climatic conditions affecting the, 133-143 ; development of the, in Michigan, 103 ; extent of the, in Delaware, 99-100 ; magnitude of the, in the United States, 109-110 ; profit derived from the, 100-101 Peach-leather, how made, 116 ; use of, 116 -orchard, care of the, 152-159 ; planting the, 153 ; -orchards, fertilizers best suited for, 155-156 ; intercropping of, 153-154 ; locations and sites for, 144-147 ; use of cover-crops in, 154-155 ; -production, tabulated report of, in the United States, 104-105 ; -products, 109-119 ; -stones, uses and value of, 116-117 ; -tree, ornamental forms of the, 79 ; -trees, number of, in New York, 131 ; -varieties, blooming dates of, 138-142 ; season of ripening of, 138-142 ; -yellows, discussion of, 118-130 ; first notice of, 118-119 ; magnitude of, 118 ; ravages of, in Delaware, 127-129 ; ravages of, in New England, 125 ; ravages of, in New Jersey, 122-123 ; ravages of, in New York, 123-125 ; ravages of, in the Central States, 125-127 ; regions first affected by, 120-122 ; symptoms and means of combatting, 169-171 Peaches, American, characters of, 20-21 ; canning of, as an industry, 110-112 ; Chinese, illustrations of the fruit-characters of, 15-20 ; classification of, by aid of glands, 73-75 ; classification of, by Onderdonk, 92-96 ; costs in the production of, 166-169 ; discussion of six varieties of, by Pliny, 28-30 ;

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