PROMISING NEW FBI! ITS. 



Since 1892 the Terry has been listed in the "Catalogue of fruits 

 of the Georgia State Horticultural Society" for culture in central 

 Georgia, having been added to the catalogue upon the recommendation 

 of the late Gustav Speth, then horticulturist of the Georgia State 

 experiment station. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form roundish to roundish oblique; size medium or slightly below; 

 surface moderately smooth; color yellow, washed with mixed red, and 

 brokenty striped and splashed with crimson, sometimes partially over- 

 spread with gray; dots numerous, of medium size, russet, many 

 aureole; cavity regular, large, deep, abrupt, marked with russet; stem 

 of medium length, one-half inch to 1 inch, slender; basin regular, of 

 medium size, deep, abrupt, furrowed; calyx large, segments converg- 

 ing or erect, eve large, closed or partially open; skin thick, tenacious; 

 core conic, oval, clasping, small, slightly open; seeds plump, brown, 

 of medium size, 10 in number; flesh 3 r ellow, fine grained, crisp, juicy; 

 flavor very pleasant, mild subacid; quality good to very good; season 

 midwinter to March in Spalding County, Ga. 



The tree is of slender, upright habit, very productive, and inclined 

 to overbear. It needs thorough pruning and cultivation to hold the 

 fruit up in size. The specimens illustrated in PI. XXXIII were 

 grown by Wayman and Riegel, Pomona, Ga., in 1901. 



HILEY PEACH. 



(SYNONYMS: Hieley; Early Belle.) 

 [PLATE XXXIV.] 



One of the most promising of the newer varieties of the Chinese 

 Cling group of peaches is the Hiley. This variety originated on the 

 fruit farm of Hiley Brothers, Fort Valley, Ga. A row of about 150 

 seedlings was grown by them from mixed seed of Elberta and Belle, 

 planted in 1889. Of these, the fruit of one tree which bore its first 

 fruit in 1892 was considered desirable for market. The original tree 

 was destroyed by borers two years after it bore its first crop of three 

 peaches, but as buds had already been cut from it for propagation in 

 orchard, the variety was preserved. Mr. R. A. Hile\ T , who first dis- 

 covered its value, considers it a seedling of Belle, probably crossed 

 with either Tillotson or Alexander. 



The variety was christened "Early Belle," and the fruit was at first 

 shipped under that name, but the name was later changed to Hile} T , 

 and it appears to have been first catalogued under that name by Mr. 

 J. H. Hale, in 1900. 



The Hiley has been heavil} T planted in Georgia as a commercial 

 variety, and is especially commended as an ear ly sort of good shipping 

 quality and excellent flavor. It appears to be worthy of testing in 



