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money if he bought and sold peaches that are 

 fit to eat. Only once after returning from Maine, 

 on October 17th, did I see edible peaches on the 

 stands. They were Morris Whites, and I owed 

 them to an epicurean managing editor who told 

 me where to go for them. 



PEACHES OF OTHER DAYS 



Oh, for the good old times when the pushcart 

 men had the freedom of the streets and offered 

 loads of deliciously flavored and really "peachy" 

 white peaches for sale everywhere, at two or 

 three for a nickel! Where are the Crawfords 

 and the Champions and the Admiral Deweys 

 and the Kalamazoo and the other flavory 

 varieties that would delight our palates? Why 

 does not some wealthy gastronome offer prizes 

 for peach orchards without Elbertas? 



"I think very few peach growers would plant 

 this variety for their own use," says a writer in 

 the Country Gentleman. Like those wooden 

 hams and nutmegs, Elbertas are "made to sell" 

 and the foolish public allows itself to be "sold," 

 by this Chinese apology for a real peach. 

 "Being large yellow peaches, the buyers in 

 the cities pay fancy prices for them" and 

 they have become the leading commercial peach 

 in America! 



The Ben Davis among the grapes in our mar- 

 kets to-day is the Concord, which is sold in 

 huge quantities, other Eastern grapes being a 



