NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEET IXC 183 



what susceptible to the yellows. The trees are more 

 easily frozen. What the yellow is, is more than we know. 

 As Mr. Walker said before the meeting of the Board of 

 Agriculture, "he reckoned the gentleman could guess just 

 as well as he could." 



Q. Do you recommend any yellow variety other than 

 the Elberta? 



Mr. Lyman : Xo, I really do not know what yellow 

 variety I would set out beside Elberta. I do not think I 

 have got any on my land. Chairs Choice, when you get 

 a crop, is a first-rate peach. We got a crop last year. 



O. What about the Ashland? 



Mr. Lyman: I know nothing about it. I am not ex- 

 perienced as to the majority of varieties that are not 

 grown extensively. I would like to say that there is a 

 peach that comes along about the time of the Champion 

 which I look to as being a great acquisition for us, and 

 that is the Hieley. It is an absolutely free stone peach, 

 which the Champion is not. It is a medium sized peach, 

 fine tasting, a beautiful peach to look at, and resembles 

 very much the Mountain Rose. It comes into bearing 

 with the Champion. 



0. Which is the best of the late white varieties? 



Mr. Lyman : Well, that is a little hard to decide. 

 We have had the Lovett's White, which is a great bearer. 

 It will bear very young. It is a very prolific peach, and 

 we have always been able to get fair kind of prices for it. 

 Rarely less than sixty cents wholesale. The Iron Moun- 

 tain would take its place. It is very hard to distinguish one 

 from the other. 



Q. How about the Fox? 



Mr. Lyman : That comes before the Iron Mountain 



