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SECTION XII.-PEACHES— Continued. 



II E M A R K S 



Is liked by some planters, but is not generally known or valued. 



An excellent late pale fleshed peach that should be better known. 



Mainly valuable for the private garden. 



As tarns tried, it is too small for the market. Rich, beautiful. 



Ripens in advance of Hale's Pearly or Beatrice. Very high quality. 



Sometimes clings slightly. A fine amateur peach. 



An excellent, very early sort; lacks color. 



A promising market peach, but almost identical in season with Early 



Crawford. 

 One of the best for home use. Too delicate and tender for market. 



The true variety is one of the most delicious of peaches. 



Hardy and productive. Well adapted to the market. 



A fine peach and vigorous tree. Sometimes rots before maturity. 



One of the finest clings, but needs a long season in this latitude. 



Hardy. A good bearer, and a profitable late variety. Lacks quality. 



Profitable, but not of high quality. 



Does not mature perfectly in unfavorable seasons. 



Has not become generally popular at the northwest. 



A large and showy cling of good quality. 



One of the finest for home use as a dessert peach. 



Highly valued as a dessert peach. Comes before the preceding. 



The largest and best of the yellow-fieshed clings. 



Valued in northeastern Lenawee. 



Valued for preserving and canning on account of its color. 



This is attracting much attention as a market variety. 



Where a cling is desired. 



A very old varietj', which still holds a high i)Osition as a market peach. 



An old sort. The parent of Crawford's Early and Late. 



A new and promising variety. A few days later than Early Crawford, 



and less acid. 

 A variety originating from Old Red Cheek, and promising to be superior. 



One of the latest profitable market peaches in Southern Michigan. 



Young growth, yellowish green. Fruit, clear yellowish white; flesh, 



clear while. 

 Similar to Barnard ; brighter in color, and slightly later. 



A large and beautiful market peach of fair quality. 



A large, beautiful and fine, rather late peach. Said to lack productive- 

 ness. 

 One of the finest of late yellow clings, for Southern Michigan. 



An early and productive white fleshed peach of only medium quality. 



