192 THE AMERICAN PEACH ORCHARD 



This constant introduction of American varieties 

 still goes on. New sorts are coming out continually. 

 A remarkably large number of those which have 

 been introduced during the last decade give prom- 

 ise of permanent value. As these new and better 

 varieties come into culture, the older and less valua- 

 ble sorts diminish in popularity, disappear from 

 the nursery catalogs and finally join forever the 

 ranks of the has-beens. In that excellent standard 

 fruit book, "Barry's Fruit Garden," in the edition 

 of 1883, out of 80 varieties described, 25 or nearly 

 one-third are of foreign origin ; and a large number 

 of varieties named, both foreign and American, are 

 now unknown and could not be discovered with a 

 pomological search warrant anywhere in America. 

 The list of varieties for profitable market orchards 

 given in the book referred to ("Barry's Fruit Gar- 

 den," page 410), shows in a very striking way how 

 rapid has been the progress in the adoption of new 

 varieties. The list is as follows : 



Waterloo, Jacques' Rareripe, 



Alexander, Morris White, 



Early Rivers, Reeves' Favorite, 



Hale's Early, Oldmixon Free, 



Mountain Rose, Crawford's Late, 



Large Early York, Red Cheek Melocoton, 



Cooledge's Favorite, Stump the World, 



Foster, Smock. 

 Crawford's Early, 



This list does not contain a single variety now re- 

 garded as a leading market sort. It does contain 

 several varieties now generally accepted as of sec- 

 ondary importance. It also contains a few sorts 

 now entirely discarded. 



The most striking event in the history of peach 

 varieties in America was the introduction of the 

 Chinese Cling. This variety and the seedlings from 



