Promising New Fruits. 



been fulfilled in a marked degree as the years since its 

 introduction have passed. 



As Mr. Stubenrauch observed the behavior of the Car- 

 man, he began to consider means wiiereby nature could be 

 assisted in producing other varieties that would be better 

 for his region. He had previously planted quite heavily of 

 the Elberta peach. Among the trees of tlu's variety he had 

 observed that a particular one was remarkable in comparison 

 with the others because of its more thrifty growth, its 

 greater productiveness, and the superior quality of the 

 fruit. Having a block of the Mamie Ross peach which was 

 isolated from other varieties, some of the best trees of it 

 were partially " budded over" with buds taken from the 

 Elberta tree just referred to. In the same manner, selected 

 trees of the Bell October peach a fine, late, yellow free- 

 stone variety of high quality, ripening with the Salway 

 were top-worked with buds of the same Elberta tree that 

 was used in budding the Mamie Ross trees. 



As the Elberta buds top-w^orked into the Mamie Ross and 

 Bell October trees grew and came into fruiting, the plan 

 followed was to select the best specimens of fruit on the 

 Elberta limbs as they ripened and to save the seeds from them, 

 care being taken to keep those from the Mamie Ross trees 

 separate from those borne on the Bell October trees. These 

 were planted the following whiter, which was that of 1901-2. 

 The trees which came from these seeds made an excellent 

 growth the next season and were transplanted from the 

 nursery into orchard rows. 



All of these trees which did not begin bearing earlier came 

 into fruiting the third and fourth years from the planting of 

 the seeds. They were systematically studied by Mr. Stu- 

 benrauch, and at the end of the fifth season a considerable 

 number were discarded and dug up, as they gave no promise 

 of value. Selections continued to be made for several years, 

 or until it became possible to choose from the collection a 

 series of varieties of merit that produce fruit continually in 

 the region of their origin from about July 15 to October 1, or 

 a period of approximately two and one-half months. 



The varieties which constitute this series have a firm flesh 

 and stand shipping remarkably well. One of the aims of 

 the originator has been to secure varieties that could be 

 shipped successfully for a distance of 150 to 200 miles by fast 



