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by those who like the Fameuse and similar varieties; quality good to 

 very good; season December to February in cellar storage in the 

 North. 



Tree vigorous, with spreading head, hardy, long-lived, an annual 

 bearer of good crops of fair and handsome fruit. The variety appears 

 to be adapted to the conditions of the Northern States wherever 

 Fameuse (synonym Snow) or Baldwin thrive, and to succeed much 

 farther west and south than either of those sorts. 



CARMAN PEACH. 



(SYNONYM: Pride of Texas.) 



[PLATE XLVIII.] 



Since the introduction of Elberta (about 1880) demonstrated the 

 commercial value of the Chinese Cling group of peaches in the South, 

 there has been much activity among nurseiymen and planters in the 

 search for other varieties of this group ripening at different times, 

 through which the shipping season might be extended. Numerous 

 early sorts of this group have been disseminated during the past six 

 or eight years, and are now under test in most of the commercial 

 peach districts east of the Rocky Mountains. Among these, perhaps 

 none is more promising from the standpoint of the commercial grower 

 than the "Carman." This variety originated from planted seed by 

 Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch, of Mexia, Tex., in 1889. The tree fruited 

 tirst in 1892, and attracted attention both because of its earliness 

 and its freedom from rot, a disease which is exceedingly trouble- 

 some on early varieties in that section. Mr. Stubenrauch at once 

 began propagating it for his own planting, and at first named it Pride 

 of Texas. Later he changed the name to "Carman," under which 

 designation it was described in the Report of the Pomologist for 1894, 

 p. 25. The description then published was based upon specimens 

 grown by the originator. 



DESCRIPTION. 



A chance seedling, of the North Chinese type. Size large; broad 

 oval, pointed, somewhat compressed; suture deep near cavity, shallow 

 toward apex; apex fleshy, protruding; surface rather harsh; down 

 short, persistent; color yellowish white, blushed and dotted with red; 

 skin thin, not close!}' adherent; stone quite large, long, oval, pointed, 

 free; flesh yellowish white, slightly tinged with red at the stone; 

 flavor sprightly, vinous, slightly bitter; season middle of June, in 

 Limestone County, Tex. 



Tree reported to be productive, and fruit entirely free from rot; 

 leaves large, with reniform glands; blossoms very large. 



Since 1894 the variety has fruited in Texas, Georgia, North Caro- 

 lina, West Virginia, Delaware, Connecticut, and Michigan, and has 



