The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE ELBERTA PEACH. 



MOiS'G the whole Hst of peaches, both old and new, there is no variety 

 that has attained a higher place in public estimation than the 

 Elberta. It is liked equally well by the grower and consumer. 

 About 25 years ago Dr. Samuel H. Rumph, of Georgia, raised about 

 12,000 seedling peach trees from seeds saved from the very choicest 

 named varieties, and in the whole lot there was but one that he 

 deemed worthy enough to be preserved. This was the product of a cross between 

 the Chinese Cling and Crawford Early. He bestowed upon it the name 

 Elberta, in honor of his wife, and it has in turn been an honor to its namesake. 

 Knowing something and hoping more of its good qualities, he planted extensive 

 orchards of it, from which he shipped large quantities of choice fruit, and realized 

 profitable returns. It was not long before other peach growers learned of the 

 good qualities of the Elberta, and began to plant it ; first in the Southern States, 

 where it had already proved its value beyond question, and then in the northern 

 peach-growing sections. It has proved to be one of the standards in all 

 regions from Georgia to Michigan, and from Connecticut to California. 

 The tree is vigorous enough to make a good orchard tree, spreading in habit, 

 and has large leaves, somewhat like its parent, and is as hardy in tree and bud 

 as the average of varieties. It ripens its fruit a little before mid-season, or about 

 with Old Mixon Free. The fruit is above the average in size and oval in shape, 

 with a suture on one side. The color is lemon yellow, a blush on the sunny 

 side. The flesh is rather pale yellow, tender and juicy, yet firm enough to ship 

 well. In flavor there is nothing lacking. Altogether, there is, perhaps, at the 

 present time no peach, for all sections and all purposes, quite so valuable as the 

 Elberta. — H. E. Van Deman in Horticulture. 



THE TETOFSKY APPLE. 



Judging from an article in the Home Farm, this apple is singularly little 

 known in Maine, though it has been in New England all of forty years. The 

 Home Farm says it is one of the best Russians in quality, and a correspondent 

 thinks it quite an acquisition as an early apple. In comparison with the Yellow 

 Transparent, the Tetofsky is " nowhere " among the Russian sorts, either in 

 quality, size, beauty or earliness. It is not a bad apple to eat raw or cooked, 

 and is productive, but it has the very serious fault of dropping nearly its whole 

 crop prematurely, owing to the fact that it grows in clusters on short spurs, 

 something like those of the pear. It is, however, a most excellent variety to use 

 as a stock for better sorts, especially those late in coming to bearing, or a little 

 tender against severe cold. The Wealthy, like the Baldwin, is proving not to 

 have a sound trunk when grafted or budded low, and the Tetofsky is an excellent 

 stock to graft that, the Fameuse, or any other bettei apple on. In this respect 

 it is far superior to the crabs. H. 



