PEACHES ix EASTERN NEW YORK 



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if it were entirely a freestone no doubt it would rule the mid- 

 early season. Summer spraying checks its tendency to rot and 

 spot and also adds to its keeping quality. The Champions sel- 

 dom reach the consumer with the flavor for which they are noted, 

 since usually they are picked too green in order that they may 

 carry. 



FIG. 330. ELBERTAS, UNGRADED. FROM THE ELEVENTH CROP ON TREES 

 SET BY PERCY L. HUESTED, BLAUVELT, N. ., IN 1902 



Belle of Georgia is often mentioned as a white Elberta. Its 

 f jui It is that it overlaps with Elbertas most years, and the last 

 half of its crop must be sacrificed at low prices in consequence. 

 This peach is of the largest size, a freestone, and is hardy in bud. 



Following Elberta, Frances has proved a variety of solid merit 

 among yellow peaches. The size averages below Elberta, but its 

 yield seems equal. 



Stevens Rareripe is distinctly a Hudson Valley peach. Else- 

 where its tendency to rot and spot has made it worthless, although 

 summer spraying will doubtless widen the territory over which 

 it may be grown. It is a large freestone peach with red color 



