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flesh, melting', juicy, good flavor, best specimens measuring 8 to 8}^ inches in circum- 

 ference, and weighing from 41-4 to 5^., ounces. Succeeds Hale's Early. 



Ellison. — Is a beautiful yellow-fleshed peach, large as the late Crawford, ripens a little 

 earlier; yellow, with rich blush. Reproduces itself from seed. The Ellison bears nearly 

 every year, owing, it is presumed, to its late blossoming and the unusual hardiness of 

 the tree. 



LoveWs White. — This peach has been thoroughly tested and both at the north and 

 south it is a sure and abundant bearer, yielding annually in Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut in orchards where almost all other varieties fail. We are confident that it is 

 the hardiest purely white peach yet produced; season very late; color pure white; very 

 large: splendid form, with indistinct suture; does not crack and is exceptionally free 

 from spots and mildew. It is a long keeper, the flesh being firm, sweet, and excellent, 

 and parts from the pit perfectly. It has the size and all the merits of Heath Cling, 

 ripens with it, and as it is a perfect freestone, handsomer, hardier, and of better quality, 

 more abundant and regular bearer, it is bound to supersede that grand old sort. 



Wonderful. — This peach is a chance seedling, which with many others appeared in 

 the garden of a mechanic in Burlington county. New Jersey, several years ago, and 

 proved so extraordinary in size and beauty that it soon produced a " noise '" at home. 

 The variety may be described as follows: Large to very large, best specimens from 

 crowded trees measuring 11 inches in circumference and weighing as many ounces. 

 Form, smooth, almost globular (little oblong) with faint suture and slightly pointed 

 apex; very regular and uniform in both size and shape, even upon overloaded trees. 

 Color, richest golden yellow, largely overspread with vivid carmine, with marblings of 

 crimson, beautiful in the extreme. Season, late to very late; succeeding the Smock 

 and ripening in central New Jersey the second week in October, and keeping in good 

 condition as long as three weeks after gathered. Flesh, yellow, rich, high flavored and 

 delicious, exceedingly firm, parts from the stone with jjerfect freedom, and is bright red 

 around the pit. Stone, deeply furrowed and medium to small; the smallest of the late 

 varieties. Tree, of strong, vigorous growth; a regular annual bearer, and so prolific as 

 to require the limbs to be braced in all directions to sustain the weight of the fruit. 



Muir. — A California seedling, from Early Crawford, an excellent bearer, does not curl. 

 Large to very large; is very freestone; a fine shipper and one of the best canning peaches 

 in the United States. As a drying peach it excels all other varieties ever introduced 

 into the market. 



Southern Earlt/. — This peach originated in North Carolina. Large, creamy white 

 with bright red blush: flesh firm, juicy, and of extra tine quality. "Taking its large size 

 and delicious flavor into consideration, we have no hesitancy in saying it is one of the 

 finest peaches that has ever been oft'ered to the public." Freestone. Ripens at its home 

 from first to fourteenth of July. 



Jessie Kerr. — This peach has been well tested, and proves to be larger than Alexander, 

 and a week earlier; well suited for the south, but not recommended north. 



Nail. — Originated with Editor Nail of the Louisville {l^y.) Farmer^ s Home Journal, 

 is described as "a hardy new cling, strong grower and sure bearer. Has borne full crop 

 for six years, from 1883 to 1888. Fruit large and beautiful, red and yellow in color, and 

 of delicious quality. Took first premium at the Southern Exposition fruit show in 1884, 

 and at Fern show for best new variety. Awarded first prize at several Kentucky fairs 

 over all. 



Early Beauty. — This is a Texas variety. A large, yellow freestone, probably the 

 earliest yellow freestone known: large as Crawford's Early: ripens before Troth. 



Harris' Early. — A large-size, white-fleshed freestone, skin color similar to Mountain 

 Rose; tree a good grower, but a shy bearer, which accounts for the flne size of the fruit. 



Bonanza. — Of Texas origin, said to be very large and productive; white flesh, skin 

 white, with red cheeks, a week or more later than Salway. 



Washington — A good-size, yellow-fleshed freestone, from Missouri, with large 

 blossoms, something unusual with large yellow peaches: quality excellent, but not as 

 heavy yielder as some others; ripens with Smock. 



Globe. — Origin, Berks Center, Pa. This peach is an accidental seedling. The tree is 

 a rapid and vigorous grower, well adapted to our climate, and is an excellent bearer, 

 sometimes breaking down with the excessive load of fruit. The i)each is a freestone, of 

 H golden yellow, with a red blush. It is the largest size, and is more uniformly large 

 than any other variety known. In ordinary years these peaches measure from nine to 

 ten inches in circumference, and in favorable seasons from 12 to 14 inches. In flavor 

 this variety is unsurpassed. It begins to ripen in the second week in September, and 

 lasts till the first of October. 



Scliuinaker. — This is said to be by far the earliest peach known, ripening in Erie 

 county, Pa., where it originated, by the Fourth of July. Claimed to be a perfect free- 



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