THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



Vol XVII. 



:».8e4:. 



No. 9. 



ktiVow, tt ^^^^MH^ fruited in 



Canada! It niay, therefore, be ^^^^Hamong those 



novelties which' may^^not be well av m ' '^ tv> oij(HBpiate, or which 

 may be over j '^ lised by interested parties. But pfech growers in 

 Canada should b st of the times in their own line, and, since 



this variety is r^ _. 



so mucn attention from planters in the 



Southern and .Middl %fates, where it is looked upon as the "coming 



nt Jlgt we ^ 



f^ive it a thorough trial in Canadian peach 



being nl.nted more largely than any other 



e are r; > be orchards of 100,000 trees 



Jersey Horticultural Society 



:» does that of the New York 



1893. P- 5i> ^^'e read 



peach," it is important 

 orchards also. In the 

 peach ; in the State of 

 of this variety alone, 

 speaks highly of this 

 State and the Illinois Socie* 



" Elberta is another ^ood :? ./^;\ it is yciiow, with a fine red cheek — a 

 beauty — good quality, hardy ar ' ^ductive. It contains about all the good 

 points one could desire in a peac>^:/ '' 



In the Report of the Western New York Horticultural Society for 1892, 

 Mr. Hooker said, " The Elberta peach is attracting a good deal of attention. It 

 is a handsome peach, but I am not sufficiently acquainted with it to speak about 

 it. I have planted about 15,000. They ripen with the late Crawford. I think 

 there is no trouble about ripening them in this section." 



The Elberta is a seedling of Chinese Cling, but entirely free stone. It was 

 the World's Fair by the State of Illinois, and the fine specimens 

 considerable attention. 



