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Ihe following list of varieties, some of which are real old timers, has been 

 selected on the basis of winter bud hardiness alcne. It is realized that they have 

 some serious defects but where a little additional cold resistance in the fruit 

 buds is the first requirement, they are worth consideration. 



Gr eensboro is an old timer and one of the hardiest peaches in bud ever 

 introduced. The tree is large, vigorous and productive, and adaptable to wide 

 variety of soils. The fruit is about medium in size, fairly well colored and 

 attractive, and matures early, about U2 days ahead of Elberta. The flesh is white, 

 juicy, tender and melting, but not too high in quality. It is a semiclmgstone. 



Buttercup was one of the early introductions from New Jersey. If a yellow 

 fleshed peach at the season of Greensboro is desired, and one is willing to grow a 

 clingstone, this is a possibility. The tree is vigorous and productive but iruit 

 size is snail. Earliness, good flavor and yellow flesh are its only assets. 



t'a ri^old is another yellow fleshed early peach. It ripens 37 days ahead of 

 Elberta. "ihe fruit buds are nearly as cold resistant as Greensboro. The tree is 

 fairly vigorous and productive. The fruit is medium in size or a bit larger, 

 semicling, and fine flavored. It's yellow flesh and good flavor recommend it. 



Oriole, which ripens 31 days ahead of Elberta, is another yellow fleshed _ 

 variety which has fruit buds as hardy as Greensboro. The fruit is medium in size, 

 freestone, with firm flesh and good quality. The tree is vigorous, starts to bear 

 young and bears heavily. In fact, it bears so heavily that very heavy thinning is 

 required to -get good size. It also has a tendency to ripen on one side first. 



Cumberland is a white fleshed peach ripening 28 days ahead of Elberta. It is 

 a large, oval, freestone peach of fair to good quality. Tree is large, vigorous, 

 upright and productive. Not so bud hardy as Greensboro but good m this respect. 



Eclipse is a yellow fleshed Elberta type peach. Ihe tree is medium to large, 

 fairly vigorous and very productive. The fruit ripens 22 days ahead of Elberta, 

 is medium to large in size, freestone and fair to good in flavor. The flesh is 

 sometimes a bit coarse and stringy but firm. The skin is rather thin and tender. 

 Severe thinning is necessary to obtain satisfactory size. This would be a pretty 

 fair peach in a situation where bud hardiness is the first consideration. 



Veteran, which ripens 18 days before Elberta, was introduced by the Experiinent 

 Stati on at V ineland, Ontario. It is a yellow fleshed freestone of the Elberta type 

 but better in quality. It is medium to large in size, not too highly colored but 

 attractive. It has a tendency to cling in some years. Aside frombud hardiness, 

 it has yellow color, productiveness, and fair flavor to recommend it. 



Champion , is an old time white fleshed peach which ripens 11 days before 

 Slberti: Thi tree is vigorous and productive. The fruit is freestone, very solt 

 and juicy when ripe and very high quality. Eating a Champion is a real taste treat. 

 Because of its white and soft flesh, it makes a very unattractive canned product 

 but the flavor is a delight which one seldom experiences in these days of cannea 

 rubbery fleshed clingstones. 



Belle of Georgia is another white fleshed, oldtiraer. It ripens a week ahead of 

 Elberta^ The tree is fairly vigorous and very productive. The fruits are large, 

 attractive, fairly firm, freestone and very high quality. For anyone who can use a 

 wliite fleshed peach this time of year, Belle of Georgia has much to recommend it. 

 It is firmer than Champion and makes a better looking and nearly as high quality a 

 canned pack as Champion, 



