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eize. It should be incliukHl in the list for home planting 

 throughout the Stiute. 



PEACHES. 



Tlie peach orcliai-d has done well this season, for while 

 the croi) has not been ]ar<;t', nearly all varieties have 

 borne some fruit. A cooperative experimental orchard 

 was planted in 1898, at the request of a committee of 

 the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations, for the testing of the geographical limits 

 of the successful cultivation of the different races of 

 peaches. The test eonsisted of three varieties of three 

 trees each, of the five races of peaches. The orchard 

 bore a good crop this season, and it is now possible to 

 form some idea of their value. 



Alexander. — An old standard sort. Medium, greenish, 

 white, covered with red; flesh white, firm, juicy, sweet; 

 clingstone. Season first to the middle of June ; tree vig- 

 orous and productive. A leading early market sort. 



Mt. Rose. — Medium to large, white, with red cheek; 

 :flesh quite firm, juicy, rich, sweet; freestone; a leading 

 market variety; ripens from the first to the middle of 

 July. Tree vigorous and usually quite produetive. 



Old Mixon. — This is another old variety. Medium to 

 large, yellowish white, with red cheek; flesh white, very 

 rich and juicy; freestone; a good shipi^er, and well 

 known upon the market. Season from the middle to the 

 last of July. 



PEENTO RACE. 



Varities— PEENTO, WALDROW, and ANGEL. The 



varietieth of this race bloom so early that the blossoms 

 are all killed by the frost. See table of blooming period. 



