PEACHES OF THE MICHIGAN PEACH BELT. 483 



the Lemon Cling. This peach, which proved Freestone, became quite a favor- 

 ite with Mr. Parmelee, aud it was disseminated from his orchard, under the 

 name of Lemon. It has since assumed tlie name of Barnard, on account of its 

 supposed identit}^ with Barnard's Yellow Rareripe. But if this last is identical 

 with the Yellow Alberge, it is not the same, for it ripens later than the Yellow 

 Alberge, and has reniform glands. 



A peach has been brought to light at Paw Paw, in this State, called Snow's 

 Orange, because found in the garden of Mr. Snow, of that place, that seems to 

 be almost, if not quite, identical with Mr. Parmelee's Lemon. 



Mr. John Sniolk, Jr., who formerly owned the Snow place, says the pits out 

 of which this, among other trees, grew, were from a very fine lot of peaches 

 Avhich he purchased at a fair in western New York. He planted the pits on 

 Big Prairie Ronde, and transplanted the trees into his garden at Paw Paw. 



Jaqnes' Rareripe and Old Mixon Freestone, have perhaps about equal claims 

 to the nest place in our succession of peaches. Both are hardy and productive, 

 with fine market qualities in the fruit. 



hill's chill 



This peach and its offspring, of which undoubtedly there are several, to all 

 of which our society agrees to apply the above title, are known in this State 

 by not less than nine different names, as follows : Hill's Chili, Stanley's Late, 

 Cass, Leopard, Jenny Lind, Queen of Sheba, Seagrove, Smolk, Sugar, Climax. 



The name Stanley's Late was given this peach by Eleazur Morton, of Ben- 

 ton Harbor, who procured the buds from the garden of Thomas \Y. Stanley, 

 of Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo county. Mr. Stanley settled here in about the 

 year 1831, and from pits brought from his former home in Leroy, New York, 

 it is said was grown the Stanley's Late. 



In the same year (1831), John Hascall emigrated from the town of Leroy, 

 Genesee county, New York, to Kalamazoo county, Mich., and settled on Gen- 

 esee Prairie. He brought peach trees from General Cass's place, in Detroit, 

 which, it is understood, the General had imported from France. One tree on 

 Hascall's place proved to be particularly hardy, bearing fruit of unusual 

 excellence. In view of its reputed origin, it was named the Cass peach. 



The fact that Hascall and Stanley came from the same locality in New 

 York, about the same time, and the known power of this peach to re-produce 

 itself from the pit, would seem to indicate a common origin in New Y'^ork. 

 As further evidence, this same peach made its appearance in the orchard of 

 Mr. Finch, near Mason, Ingham county. Mr. Finch was from Delaware 



this valuable tree. Of course we speak now of common standard trees in the orchard or 

 garden. 



A peach tree, left to itself after being planted, usually comes into bearing the third or fourth 

 year, and has a well-sliaped rounded head, full of small bearing branches, aud well garnished 

 with leaves. It must be borne in mind that the fruit is only borne on the young shoots of 

 the previous summer's growth. In a young tree these are properli^ distributed throughout. 

 But in a couple of seasons, the tree being left to itself, the growth being mostly produced at 

 the ends of the principal branches, the young shoots in the interior of the head of the tree 

 die out. The consequence is, that in a short time the interior of the tree is filled with long 

 lean branches, with only youug shoots at their extremities. Au}^ one can see that such a 

 tree can be provided with but half the number of healthy, strong shoots for bearing, that 

 one would have if filled througliout with vigorous young wood. The sap flows tardily 

 through the long and rigid branches, and not half leaves enough are provided to secure the 

 proper growth of the fruit. And, finally, all the fruit which the tree yields being allowed 

 to remam at the ends of the l)ranches, tliey often break under its weight. 



Now, we propose to substitute for this what is generally known as the shortening-in sys- 



