74 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1906 



have peaches all the season. I now have them growhig so that 

 as soon as I harvest one crop another is waiting to be picked. 

 The first begin to ripen about the 15th of July. The next that 

 I get are the Triumph. This is a very vigorous growing tree 

 and comes through cold whether better than any other and 

 stands at the head for hardiness. The first year of bearing there 

 was not many. The next year the trees bore very full and I 

 thinned them out, but just before they began to ripen they be- 

 gan to rot and I lost the whole crop. 



Three years ago there were scarcely any peaches in this sec- 

 tion and these thirty Triumph trees bore more than all the other 

 trees of my orchard. The Mountain Rose is one of the best 

 peaches that I grow. The Champion is longer in ripening than 

 some others and it does not color up quite enough but it is so 

 vigorous and bears so well and bears such large peaches that I 

 think I could safely recommend it. The Foster is like the 

 early Crawfords and anybody who wants a good Crawford is 

 suited with the Foster. The Old Nixon is an old standard. It 

 originated at the time of tlie Revolutionary War bemg named 

 for Sir John O. Nixon, and has been from that time until now 

 pretty nearly a standard of excellence in the peach. No one 

 will make a mistake in setting out the Old Nixon. 



The Elberta is a good peach to look at but I never eat one. 

 More of them are set out than any other kind. This seems to 

 be the strange thing connected with the Elberta — while none 

 of the fruit growers have a good word for it, it is the most com- 

 mon one on the market and it sells well. 



Mr. Cook, OF Shrewsbury: I agree with the previous speaker 

 as to peaches and will say that I have had some experience in 

 getting trees for nurseries and think the Elbertas were the only 

 ones that proved true. It is very hard to get trees that will 

 be true to name. I think the most reliable way is to grow 

 your own trees. Select buds from good hardy trees and you 

 will be pretty sure to get what you want. 



Save the seeds so as to be ready for planting in the spring : 

 crack the shell and plant just as you would peas and by the 

 second year you can have good trees. 



