CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



These are all yellow clingstones, and other varieties of the same type 

 will be substituted for several of those named in different sections. Can- 

 ners do not desire white clingstones of any variety. 



PEACHES CHIEFLY GROWN IN CALIFORNIA 



The following are the peaches chiefly grown in California, ar- 

 ranged approximately in the order of ripening : 



Briggs' Red May (California). Originated a chance seedling in nursery 

 row on the farm of John G. Briggs, on the Feather River, about one mile 

 from Yuba City, about 1870. Fruit medium to large, round; white skin, 

 with rich, red cheek; partially free; subject to mildew. Commercially 

 condemned. 



Mayflower.^Introduced to the Pacific Coast by California Nursery Co. 

 as "the earliest peach known," and it still holds that title. Red all over, 

 with white flesh of excellent flavor. As large as Alexander and ripens two 

 weeks earlier. June. 



Sneed. Large, creamy white, with blush cheek; tender, juicy; valu- 

 able for early shipping. June. Discarded commercially. 



Alexander (Illinois). Most widely grown as best early variety. Fruit 

 medium to large; greenish white, nearly covered with deep red; flesh firm, 

 juicy, and sweet; bears transportation well; pit is partly free. 



Triumph (Georgia). Medium sized, early, yellow, partial cling; very 

 good. 



Admiral Dewey. Large; yellow with red cheek; flesh yellow; perfect 

 freestone; flavor good. One of the best early yellows. Ripens soon after 

 ""friumph. July. Discarded commercially. 



Honey (Lukens). Medium, oblong, pointed, white mottled carmine; 

 very sweet; related to Peen-to. Approved in Southern California. 



Peen-to. Flat peach or saucer peach of China; good in Southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Early Imperial (California). Originated by W. W. Smith, Vacaville, 

 and planted to secure a yellow freestone earlier or larger than St. John. 

 Most growers find it no improvement on St. John. July. 



Yellow St. John (New Orleans). Earliest yellow peach; averages 

 smaller than Yellow Crawford, but classed as large; roundish, orange yel- 

 low with deep red cheek; juicy, sweet and high flavored; freestone. June 

 and July. 



Hale's Early'' (Ohio). Medium to large, nearly round; skin greenish, 

 mostly covered and mottled with red when ripe; flesh white, melting, 

 juicy, rich and sweet; fair for local market and shipping; widely grown; 

 freestone. July. 



Strawberry v (New Jersey). Medium size, oval; stem cavity deeply sunk; 

 suture extending half way round; skin almost wholly marbled with deep 

 red; flesh whitish, juicy, rich and delicate; tree healthy. 



Foster (Massachusetts). Uniformly large, slightly flattened; slight 

 suture; stern moderately depressed; flesh yellow, very rich and juicy, color 

 deep orange, dark red in the sun; freestone; tree hardy and productive; 

 very widely grown in California and popular. Ripens before Early Craw- 

 ford, which it sometimes resembles, but is of better quality. Very largely 

 grown to displace Yellow Crawford. 



Crawford's Early (New Jersey). Very large, oblong, swollen, point at 

 the top prominent, suture shallow; skin yellow, with red cheek; flesh yel- 

 low, rich and excellent; freestone; tree very healthy and productive; once 

 the most largely planted variety in California, now declining in popularity. 



George the Fourth (New York). Large, round, deeply divided by broad 

 suture; sides unequal; skin pale yellowish white, dotted with red and red 

 cheek; flesh pale, red at pit, from which it parts freely; quality good. 

 Somewhat troubled with curl-leaf. Chiefly grown in Southern California. 



