\\t Qnadian f|orticaIt(irist 



MARCH, 1904 



Volume XXVII 



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CHAMPION PEACH 



Number 3 



A BEAUTIFUL white fleshed peach 

 with a red cheek, and free stone. 

 The flavor is dehcious, and it may be classed 

 as the best dessert peach of its season, but a 

 Httle tender for distant shipments. 



Origin : IlHnois. 



Tree : Vigorous, moderately productive. 



Fruit : Large, frequently measuring 2y2 

 inches in diameter ; form, roundish, fairly 

 regular ; color of skin, creamy white, with 

 red cheek in the sun ; suture, two thirds ; 



apex, small in a slight depression ; cavity, 

 deep ; stone, free. 



Flesh : White, pinkish at the pit ; tex- 

 ture fine, tender, juicy; flavor rich, sweet, 

 and agreeable. 



Se.\sox : September ist to loth, coming 

 in with last Yellow St. John and the first 

 Early Craw fords. 



Quality : Dessert, among the best. 



Value: Very good for home markets, 

 and a good shipper. 



THE WHITE FLESH PEACHES 



BY THE EDITOR. 



''I^ HERE seems to be a distinct difference 

 A in taste between peach consumers in 

 England and those in America. With the 

 former the white flesh are much preferred 

 to the yellow, while with us there is a de- 

 cided preference for the yellow. Perhaps 

 this is chiefly due to the great popularity of 

 that magnificent American yellow peach, the 

 Early Crawford, which has for so many 

 vears had no rival in the markets, whether 

 for dessert purposes or for canning. It was 

 a fairly good shipper, compared with such 

 contemporary white flesh varieties as Early 



Purple and Old Mixon, and was therefore 

 planted more widely than any other. 



This prejudice in favor of the yellow 

 peaches will be for a long time in the way of 

 the new white varieties taking the- place to 

 which their merits entitle them ; for orders 

 from consumers call for the yellow flesh. 



On the other hand the very fact that 

 everybody is planting the yellow varieties 

 may give rise to a special demand for some 

 of the new and excellent white flesh dessert 

 peaches. Farraud, of the South Haven 

 (Mich.) station, says on this point: "As a 



