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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



Group 2. Stone Free or Nearly so 



536. Carman (Fi^. 177). — The chief asset of Carman is a con- 

 stitution which enables it to withstand trying climates and to 

 accommodate itself to a great variety of soils. 

 While of only medium size, the peaches are 

 pleasing in appearance ; the color is brilliant 

 red splashed with darker red on creamy-white 

 background ; the shape is nearly round, and 

 its trimness and symmetry make the peach, 

 especially when packed in box or basket, one 

 scarcely surpassed in attractiveness. The 

 habit of growth is excellent; peaches are 

 borne abundantly; brown-rot takes compara- 

 tively little toll; and in tree or bud the variety is remark- 

 ably hardy. Carman grew from a seed planted in 1889 by J. W. 

 Stubenrauch, Mexia, Texas. 



Fig. 17 



Carman. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, open-topped, hardy, very productive. Fruit 

 early; 2^^ inches in diameter; round-oval, compressed, with unequal sides, 

 bulged near the apex; cavity flaring, tinged with pink, and with tender 

 skin; suture shallow, becoming deeper at the cavity; apex round or de- 

 pressed, with a somewhat pointed mucronate tip; color creamy-white more 

 or less overspread with light red, with splashes of darker red; pubescence 

 very thick, short ; skin thin, tough, adherent to the pulp ; flesh white, red 

 at the pit, juicy, tender, sweet, mild, pleasant; very good in quality; stone 

 free, plump, with thickly pitted surfaces. 



537. Hiley (Fig. 178). — Two characters make Hiley notable 

 in its class; it is the earliest commercial 

 free-stone white-fleshed peach; and it is 

 better in quality than most of its com- 

 petitors. The peaches are large in size and 

 handsomely colored, but they are not quite 

 so uniform in either size or color as could 

 be desired. The trees are neither large nor 

 sufficiently hardy and vigorous to make 

 an ideal commercial sort. The fruits are 

 easy prey to brown-rot. Hiley originated 

 with Eugene Hiley, Marshallville, Georgia, about 1886. 



Fig. 178. Hiley. 



