CATALOGUE OF 1879. 



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SECTION XII.— PEACHES— Continued. 





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II P: 31 A R K S , 



Skin very smooth and beautiful. A fine amateur i^each. 



Valued for drying, canning, and preserving. 



A variety of only local popularity. 



This is one of the earliest of the yellow-fleshed jieaches. 



The genuine is a fine very early peach. The one grown here is probably 

 spurious. 



SECTION XIII.— PEARS. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR THIS SECTION. 



Color. 



6. b7'ou'n. g. green. r. red. 



c. crimson. I. light. ru. russet, 



cf. dark. o. orange. y. yellow. 



REMARKS. 



A fine amateur variety. 



The leading market sort. Too musky to suit some tastes. 



Tree vigorous; fruit lacks attractiveness and quality. 



Fruit fair and even in size. "Will bear to be planted for market. 



Soon becomes dry and insipid, when ripened. A showy market pear. 



One of the best late autumn pears, whether for market or home use. 



Not much disseminated. Lacks attractiveness. 



Fruit apt to be astringent on young trees. Should be house-ripened. 



Fruit requires to be gathered before maturity— decays rapidly. 



A pi-omising winter pear. 



Not much disseminated. Not of high qualitj-. 



Not as well known as it should be. 



Like winter pears generally, this has not been largely planted. 



A fine pear. Sometimes a little too acid. Productive. 



No garden should be without this. Fruit best when house-ripened. 



But little disseminated. 



