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years when all of my otiier kinds of peaches have failed. It is superior for 

 canning and table use to any otlier kinds I know of. E. il. Crowell. 



I have known and raised the Wager ]ieach for over forty years, and I con- 

 sider it to be the hardiest peach ever grown in this section of country, giving 

 us regular crops every year, and is the best peach for market and canning 

 that I over saw. It brings about 50 cents to 75 cents more in the market than 

 anv other variety. E. IJ. Mather. 



I have raised the AVager peach for eight years and the trees have never 

 failed of bearing except one year when the late frost in April killed all the 

 fruit buds. I consider it the best peach grown in this section for canning, 

 table or market use ; a regular bearer and of the best quality. 



Geo. W. Briggs. 



In regard to the Wager peach I can state from personal knowledge as I have 

 grown it and handled it more or less for the last twenty-five years. Also was 

 well acquainted with Benjamin Wager and his orchard, the one that brought 

 the seedling into Ontario county over sixty years ago; as a bearer it excels any 

 other variety that I ever raised or handled ; it is also a very hardy grower; in 

 canning it retains its beautiful flavor and form more so than any variety, not 

 excepting the early Crawford. For market I could always get double the 

 orders for that variety than any other, especially after I had filled the first 

 order. It is a very fine peach to ship; even after it has matured to its beauti- 

 ful orange color ic will not bruise like other varieties. A. W. Richards. 



I have known the Wager peach for ten years, and have raised the trees six 

 years, and they have borne heavy crops of peaches every year, and my 

 other varieties iiave failed three years out of the six. I picked from my 150 

 trees of Wager variety in 1877, 350 bushels, and in 1878, 300 bushels. I 

 consider the Wager peach to be a regular and heavy bearer, more liable to 

 overbear than not to bear enougli, in which case the fruit is not so large, but 

 of good quality. It is the best canning peacli ever grown in this section of 

 country, and always brings in tiie markets from 50 cents to 75 cents a bushel 

 more than any other varieties. Andrew Brat. 



I have known of the Wager peach twenty years; consider it the best peach 

 we have for canning, and a good jieach for market or for eating. I have 

 about ten other varieties, and consider the Wager the hardiest of them, and as 

 good as any of them for any jjurpose. 0. 0. Chapin. 



I have had the Wager peacli tree in bearing some eight or nine years, and 

 it has never failed of a crop of fruit since it commenced bearing. The hard 

 winter of four years ago killed many of my other varieties, even seedlings, but 

 tiie Wager was not injured. Tlie tree is liable to overbear, in which case the 

 fruit is inferior, but properly thinned out, it is of fine quality. Good for 

 marketing and excellent for canning, the flesh being very fine. I rank it of 

 fine quality. Hiram Wilcox. 



I determined to investigate this peach. 



During the winter following I wrote each of the parties above named, and 

 from them received full corroboration of their statements in the testimonials. 



In the spring succeeding, being at liochcster, I called upon Mr. Kichards. 

 and found him a plain-spoken, well-to-do, retired farmer, whose statements I 

 judged could be relied upon. 



iie told me he iiad grown the Wager peach, for 25 years or more, from pits, 

 first given him by Mr. Wager himself, wlio tlien stated to him that the peach 



