CANADA 



CARMAN 



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drawn up about the cavity ; apex with mucronate tip ; 

 skin thick, tough, covered with thick coarse pubescence, 

 creamy-yellow with slight blush of lively red ; flesh 

 white, stained at the pit, firm, juicy and tender ; quality 

 fair to good ; stone clinging, oval, pointed at the end, 

 plump on one side. 



CANADA. Early Canada. Since its intro- 

 duction about 1890, Canada has been a stand- 

 ard early peach in the northern states and more 

 particularly in the peach-growing region along 

 Lake Ontario in Canada, where it originated. 

 The variety has few characters to commend it, 

 excepting earliness and hardiness, though the 

 trees are often loaded with fruit. The peaches 

 are small but attractive in color, which is 

 bright red on a light background. The fruits 

 are about the poorest of all peaches in flavor, 

 but are firm and ship well for a white-fleshed 

 peach, making a better commercial variety than 

 its rival, Alexander; they are less susceptible 

 to rot than those of Alexander, and the flesh 

 does not cling so tightly. The variety origi- 

 nated as a chance seedling more than a quarter- 

 century ago with A. H. High, Jordan, Ontario. 



Tree large, upright-spreading, open-topped, hardy, pro- 

 ductive. Leaves folded upward, 6 inches long, 1*4 

 inches wide, oval to obovate-lanceolate ; margin finely 

 serrate ; teeth tipped with reddish-brown glands ; petiole 

 % inch long, with from 1-4 small, globose, greenish- 

 yellow glands. Blossoms midseason, dark pink at the 

 center, bordered with lighter pink, 1% inches across. 

 Fruit very early ; 2 % inches in diameter, round-oblate, 

 compressed, with unequal sides ; cavity wide, flaring ; 

 suture shallow to deep ; apex ending in a mucronate, 

 recurved tip ; color creamy-white, blushed with red and 

 mottled and splashed with darker red ; pubescence short, 

 thick ; skin thin, tender, separates from the pulp ; flesh 

 white, juicy, fine-grained, meaty but tender, sweet yet 

 sprightly ; fair in quality ; stone semi-clinging, round- 

 oval, plump, abruptly pointed, with small grooves in 

 the surfaces. 



CAPTAIN EDE. Fig. 155. Ede. Captain 

 Ede has been under cultivation many years, 

 but only recently has come into prominence, 

 seeming now to find favor quite generally as 

 a money-making peach. The trees are vig- 



155. Captain Ede. 



orous, heavy bearers; and the crop is uniform 

 and always fair, smooth, without culls, ships 

 well, and is in demand in the markets either 

 for dessert or culinary purposes. The peaches 

 are beautiful, and have a rich flavor, with a 

 distinct smack of the almond. Captain Ede 

 ripens with Early Crawford, a week or ten days 

 before Elberta. The tree can hardly be dis- 

 tinguished from that of Elberta. The variety 



originated in 1870 as a seedling in the door- 

 yard of Captain Henry Ede, Cobden, Illinois. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, not 

 always productive. Leaves 5% inches long, iy 2 inches 

 wide, folded upward, oval to obovate-lanceolate ; margin 

 finely serrate ; teeth tipped with dark red glands ; petiole 

 ^4 inch long, with 2-6 reniform, greenish-yellow glands. 

 Blossoms very late, % inch across, dark pink. Fruit 

 midseason ; about 2 % inches in diameter, round-cordate, 

 compressed, bulged near the apex ; cavity wide, abrupt 

 or flaring, often tinged with red and with tender skin ; 

 suture extending more than half-way around ; apex 

 round, with a prolonged, recurved, mamelon tip ; color 

 orange-yellow, with specks and splashes of red, blushed 

 with darker red ; pubescence thick, short, variable in 

 coarseness ; skin tough, adherent to the pulp ; flesh 

 yellow, stained red at the pit, dry, stringy, tender, 

 meaty, strongly aromatic, pleasantly flavored ; good in 

 quality ; stone free, oval, bulged along the ventral 

 suture with pitted surfaces. 



CARMAN. Fig. 156. Among many white- 

 fleshed peaches, few hold a more conspicuous 

 place than Carman. Its chief asset is a con- 

 stitution which enables it to withstand trying 

 climates, North and South, and to accommo- 

 date itself to a great variety of soils. While 



156. Carman. (X%) 



of but medium size, the peaches are most 

 pleasing in appearance; the color is a brilliant 

 red splashed with darker red on a creamy- 

 white background; the shape is nearly round, 

 and its trimness and symmetry make the 

 peach, especially when packed in box or basket, 

 one scarcely surpassed in attractiveness of 

 form. The quality is rated as very good for 

 a peach of its season, although a smack of 

 bitterness in its mild, sweet flavor condemns 

 it for some. The habit of growth is excellent; 

 peaches are borne abundantly; brown-rot takes 

 comparatively little toll; and in tree or bud 

 the variety is remarkably hardy. Carman grew 

 from a seed planted in 1889 by J. W. Stuben- 

 rauch, Mexia, Texas. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, open-topped, hardy, 

 very productive. Leaves 5% inches long, 1% inches 

 wide, oval to obovate-lanceolate ; margin finely serrate ; 

 teeth tipped with dark red glands ; petiole % inch long, 

 with 3-5 reniform glands. Blossoms midseason ; flowers 

 Hi inches across, pink; pedicels short, glabrous, pale 

 green. Fruit early ; 2 >4 inches in diameter, round-oval, 

 compressed, with unequal sides, bulged near the apex ; 

 cavity flaring, tinged with pink and with tender skin ; 

 suture shallow, becoming deeper at the cavity ; apex 

 round or depressed, with a somewhat pointed or mu- 

 cronate tip ; color creamy-white more or less overspread 

 with light red, with splashes of darker red ; pubescence 

 very thick, short ; skin thin, tough, adherent to the 

 pulp ; flesh white, red at the pit, juicy, tender, sweet, 

 mild, pleasant ; very good in quality ; stone nearly 

 free, plump, with thickly-pitted surfaces. 



