162 HOME FRUIT GROWER 



CHAMPION. Choice white Peach but prone to be small in unfavor- 

 able soils. A mid-season, medium to large, greenish to creamy-white 

 blushed fruit with white, very juicy, tender, sweet flesh. Semi-free 

 to freestone. 



HILEY. An early, mid-season, white-fleshed, freestone variety of quality 

 superior to others of its season. Large and handsome when well 

 grown but variable. Trees not very hardy. Flesh creamy white, 

 red-centered, good quality. 



IMPERIAL. One of the best of honey-flavored Peaches popular in the 

 South. A large, late, greenish, blushed, white-fleshed, red-centered 

 fruit. Melting, tender, very sweet, well flavored, excellent. Tree pro- 

 ductive, rather tender Northward, prolific but drops fruit rather badly. 



KALAMAZOO. A high-quality dessert and culinary, yellow-fleshed, freestone 

 variety, which ripens with and is more prolific than Late Crawford. 

 Trees vigorous but susceptible to leaf curl. 



MOUNTAIN ROSE. One of the choicest early mid-season, white-fleshed, 

 freestone varieties, but not very prolific. Fruit medium to large, deep 

 blushed, creamy white. Flesh red-centered, juicy, melting, sweet, 

 excellent. 



OLDMIXON FREE. Similar to Oldmixon Cling, but freestone, more sprightly 

 flavored but not of quite such high quality. Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 not highly prolific. 



RIVERS. A high quality, rich, sugary, early but medium to large-fruited, 

 white-fleshed, European, freestone variety. Trees vigorous, hardy, 

 prolific. 



STEVENS. A large, white-fleshed, late, freestone, of extra fine quality, and 

 as beautiful as excellent. One of the best for the family orchard. 



STUMP. An unattractive looking but old favorite, white-fleshed, late free- 

 stone of the Oldmixon class. Its flesh is melting, juicy, and rich unless 

 over ripe, when it is almost poor. Trees vigorous, hardy, healthy, 

 prolific. 



TRIANA. A small honey-fleshed, deliciously flavored Southern variety, 

 which, however, has been grown experimentally in western New York. 



YELLOW FLESHED 



BERENICE. Variable, but when well grown one of the choicest. A mid- 

 season, medium-sized variety, greenish yellow with red-blush cheek, 

 yellow, melting-sweet flesh. Tree healthy, hardy and moderately 

 prolific. 



CAPTAIN EDE. A mid-season, medium-sized, yellow-blushed fruit with 

 yellow, dry, rather meaty, highly fragrant flesh of good quality. Tree 

 vigorous, hardy, generally productive. 



CHAIRS. One of the choicest and long time- favorite varieties. Fruit mid- 

 season to late, medium to large, golden yellow with dull red blush and 

 yellow, juicy, sub-acid, excellent flesh. Tree vigorous, hardy, not 

 highly productive. 



CROSBY. A splendid late dessert and culinary variety, medium sized, 

 orange yellow largely blushed. Flesh yellow, red-centered, juicy, firm, 

 but tender, sweet, of delicious quality. Tree somewhat small, remark- 

 ably hardy, vigorous, healthy and prolific, but not very adaptable to 

 diverse soils. 



