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is planting for home use or pleasure, then he may select a wider range of varieties, 



including all the choicer sorts, irrespective of other considerations. The man who 



is in the business to make money can well 



afford to let his neighbors try all the new sorts. 



The remarlvs which follow on the selection of 



varieties apply especially to the eastern United 



States, and with the limitations already 



expressed. 



For market orchards the following have 

 been found the most generally profitable vari- 

 eties: Alexander, Amsden, Ti'oth, Rivers, 

 liOuise, Hale, St. John, Mountain Rose, Craw- 

 ford Early, Foster, Oldmixon, Stump, Elberta, 

 Crawford Late, Reeves, Wager, Fox Seedling, 

 and Beers Smock. These varieties ripen in 

 about the order named. Owing to special con- 

 ditions which prevail in the extreme north and 

 at the far south, some of these varieties would 

 not be successful. For instance, in Michigan it 

 has been found that Crawford Early is very 

 likely to be winter-killed or caught in blossom 

 by late spring frosts, and a number of other har- 

 dier varieties have been substituted for it. The 

 same is true in Connecticut, where many of the 

 old varieties are likely to be caught by late 

 spring frosts and where Crosby has proved 

 exceptionally hardy. On the other hand, in 

 Florida many of our choice sorts are nearly 

 worthless, owing to the earliness with which 

 they bloom. There and in Texas the so-called 

 Chinese sorts— Peen-to, Honey, and crosses— 



Fio. 6.— Peach mildew (SiphcErntheca 

 pannosaf) on stem and fruit. 



have proved more successful. 

 In middle and upper Georgia, 

 Elberta has proved one of the 

 best peaches. Husted No. 80 

 is also an excellent peach for 

 that locality, ripening a few 

 days after Alexander. In gen- 

 eral for that region, early vari- 

 eties are to be recommended 

 rather than late sorts, which, 

 however fine, would come into 

 competition with Delaware 

 and New Jersey peaches on a 

 falling market. In the moun- 

 tains of Maryland certain late 

 varieties, not suitable for the 

 lowlands of Delaware and New 

 Jersey, have proved exceed- 

 ingly remunerative, reaching good size and fine color, and coming in late, when the 

 markets are comparatively empty and prices are high. Among these might be 

 mentioned Salway and Bilyeu. 



Fig. 7.— Peach curl {Tapharina deformans). 



