INDIANA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 215 



VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. 



BY W. T. TERRELL, BLOOMFIELD. 



The varieties of peaclies for home marliet in this section of the State 

 (Sontliern Indiana) covers several very worthy varieties, some of which 

 are of special merit, and are very valuable, both for home use, and profit- 

 able to grow for market, also. The following varieties will be named in 

 the order of their time of ripening, giving with each variety a very binef 

 sketch, or description, so you may catch a glimpse of what it really is. 

 Now, what I mention is of varieties that I either have grown myself or 

 am personally acquainted with. That is what I think this Society wants 

 to know. 



The first variety I wish to mention is the first variety ripe with us, 

 which is the Amsden. a red cling, with a very dark red cheek, which is 

 ready for market by the 4th of July. It is a very good variety, with two 

 exceptions. One is, it is subject to rot soon after it begins to ripen 

 (unless thinned on the tree early in the season; another objection is, 

 if left to ripen on the tree (if the weather is very hot), it will ripen on the 

 outside, while next to the seed appears green. This can be overcome, 

 however, Ity early gathering and placing in a cool, well ventilated fruit 

 house. If you desire to market it a distance from home, this is no hin- 

 drance, because we have to gather them before they are soft, anyway. 

 So I consider the Amsden a very profitable peach for the early markets, 

 and, in fact, it is the earliest peach we have here that is hardy and a 

 sure cropper. Now. when I say Amsden, I want it understood that this 

 name covers the Alexander and Arkansas Traveler, all because I think 

 these three named sorts are identically the same peach, sold under the 

 three aforesaid names. Or at least I am not able to distinguish any 

 difference between them, having purchased all tLree of them, and find 

 only one Icind. 



The next good and profitable variety is Crawford's Early, a large, 

 yellow freestone peach, ri^iening from the middle to the last of July, 

 and is a peach that too much can't be said in its praise, both in fiavor 

 and size. 



Next comes the Stump, The World peach, one of the ideals, filling a 

 gap between Crawford's Early and the general crop ripening from the 

 middle of August to the first week in September. It is a white or cream- 

 colored freestone peach, with a red skin, and a very dark cheek on sunny 

 side. The Stump peach has an excellent flavor and is very juicy, but 

 rather soft for marltet, miless gathered while a little green. 



The time now, from middle of August to middle of September, has 

 several first-rate varieties of peaches that are good for market. First, 

 the Triumph, a nice sized yellow freestone peach, with a red cheek, which 

 is worthy of a place in every orchard. The Crawford's Late, a large 



