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THE CROSBY PEACH. 



THE CROSBY PEACH.— ONE-(JUARTER SIZE. 



This is described as "The great peach of the North. Has not 

 failed to produce a crop in twelve years. Hardiest of all peaches. 

 A beautiful yellow freestone peach, with very small pit. Excellent 

 flavor. Tree rather dwarf. It comes nearer being frost proof than 

 any other," Hon. J. H. Hale, before the Western New York Horticul- 

 tural Society, January 24, 1894, stated that it had not failed to fruit in 

 eleven years and that nearly every bud had come through the win- 

 ter unimpaired. 



If you are going- to plant peaches this may be worth trying. — Secy. 



Eat Apples and be Healthy.— According to Dr. G. R. Searles, 

 the apple is medicinal in a marked degree. He says: "The apple is 

 such common fruit that very few people are familiar with its re- 

 markable efficacious medicinal properties. Ever3^body ought to 

 know that the very best thing they can do is to eat apples just be- 

 fore retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of 

 the fruit are liable to throw up their hands in horror at the visions 

 of dyspepsia which such a suggestion may summon up, but no 

 harm can come to even a delicate system by eating ripe and juicy 

 apples just before going to bed. The apple is an excellent brain 

 food, because it has more phosphoric acid in easily digestable shape 

 than any other vegetable known. It excites the action of the liver, 

 promotes sound and healthy sleep and thoroughlj'^ disinfects the 

 mouth. This is not all. The apple agglutinates the surplus acids 

 of the stomach, helps the kidne}'' secretions and prevents calculous 

 growths, while it obviates indigestion and is one of the best preven- 

 tives known of diseases of the throat. Everybod}' should be famil- 

 iar with such knowledge. In addition, next to the orange and the 

 lemon, it is the best antidote for the thirst and craving of a person 

 addicted to the alcohol or the opium habit. 



