LATE CRAWFORD 



LOLA 



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Elberta because of the greater productiveness 

 of the Elberta tree and the showier Elberta 

 fruits, and now, though widely distributed, is 

 nowhere largely planted and seems likely to 

 pass out of cultivation as a peach of commerce. 

 Unproductiveness and tardiness in coming in 

 bearing are the faults on account of which 

 Late Crawford is failing. Itself adapted to a 

 wide range of soil and climatic conditions, 

 Late Crawford, through the recurring variations 

 from seed, has made the Crawford family the 

 most cosmopolitan of the several distinct races 

 of American peaches. Compared with other 



171. Late Crawford. 



Crawford-like peaches, Late Crawford is pos- 

 sibly the best in fruit-characters, the peaches 

 being unsurpassed in appearance, and scarcely 

 equalled in texture of flesh and richness of 

 flavor. The fruits are more shapely than those 

 of other Crawford varieties, being more uni- 

 form, rounder, trimmer in contour, and hav- 

 ing a suture that scarcely mars the symmetry 

 of the peach. In color, Late Crawford runs 

 the whole gamut of the soft tints of red and 

 yellow that make Melocotons and Crawfords 

 the most beautiful of all peaches. The trees 

 are as vigorous, hardy, healthy and as little 

 susceptible to disease as any of the varieties 

 of kin, failing only in productiveness and in 

 coming in bearing tardily. Evidently destined 

 to pass from commercial cultivation, Late 

 Crawford ought long to remain one of the 

 treasures of the home orchard. This excellent 

 peach was raised by William Crawford, Mid- 

 dletown, New Jersey, at least a hundred years 

 ago. 



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

 not very productive. Leaves 6% inches long, 1% inches 

 wide, folded upward and curled downward ; margin 

 finely serrate ; teeth tipped with reddish-brown glands ; 

 petiole % inch long, with 1-6 small, globose, reddish- 

 brown glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inch across, pink. 

 Fruit late ; 2 % inches in diameter, round-oval, com- 

 pressed, with unequal halves ; cavity deep, medium to 

 narrow, flaring ; suture shallow, deepening toward the 

 apex ; apex rounded with a slightly pointed and swollen 

 beak-like tip ; color deep yellow, dully or brightly 

 blushed, with the red cheek splashed with darker red ; 

 pubescence short, fine ; skin thick, tough, separates 

 readily from the pulp ; flesh yellow, strongly stained with 

 red at the pit, juicy, firm but tender, sweet but sprightly, 

 richly flavored ; very good in quality ; stone free, ovate, 

 flattened, bulged on one side, blunt-pointed, flattened 

 near the base, with surfaces deeply pitted and grooved. 



LEMON FREE. Lemon. Lemon Free is 

 a yellow-fleshed, freestone, lemon-shaped, 

 lemon-colored peach ripening in late mid- 

 season. The fruit is not sufficiently attractive 

 in appearance to sell well in the markets; it 

 is too thin-skinned to ship or keep well; but 

 the quality is very good, the flavor being sweet, 

 rich and delicious. It is an excellent peach 

 for culinary purposes, having the reputation of 

 making a handsomer canned product than any 

 other peach. Lemon Free is little grown in 

 the eastern states, but it is one of the leading 

 sorts of its season in California. This variety 

 seems to have originated in Ohio, about 1885, 

 but nothing is known of its parentage, 

 originator, or introducer. 



Tree very large, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense- 

 topped, hardy. Leaves 7 inches long, 1% inches wide, 

 obovate-lanceolate, thick, leathery ; margin finely serrate ; 

 teeth tipped with reddish-brown glands ; petiole % inch 

 long, with 2-6 large, reniform, reddish-brown glands. 

 Flowers midseason, medium size, pale pink. Fruit late 

 midseason ; 2 % inches in diameter, round-oval ; cavity 

 medium to deep, wide, flaring, often mottled with red ; 

 suture shallow, becoming deeper at the apex and extend- 

 ing beyond ; apex mucronate to round-mamelon, re- 

 curved ; color green or golden-yellow, with a faint blush 

 and mottled with red ; pubescence fine, long, thick ; skin 

 thin, tender, variable in adhesion to the pulp ; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, stringy, tender and melting, sweet, 

 sprightly, pleasantly flavored ; very good in quality ; 

 stone semi-free to free, oval, plump, flattened near the 

 base, short-pointed, the surfaces usually grooved and 

 with few pits. 



LEVY. Henrietta. Levy Late. Levy is a 

 round, yellow-fleshed clingstone of very good 

 quality which ripens quite too late for any but 

 the most favorable peach-sections in the 

 North. It is one of the favorite peaches to 

 close the season in southern fruit-growing 

 sections. The variety is old and was first in- 

 troduced as Henrietta. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright to quite spreading, 

 hardy, productive. Leaves 6% inches long, 1V& inches wide, 

 lanceolate, leathery; margin finely serrate; teeth tipped 

 with reddish-brown glands ; petiole *4 inch long, with 

 1-6 small, globose, reddish-brown glands. Blossoms mid- 

 season ; 1 inch across, with varying shades of pink, 

 sometimes in twos. Fruit very late ; 2 % inches in 

 diameter, round-cordate, compressed, with very unequal 

 halves ; cavity medium to deep, wide, abrupt, with 

 tender skin and often twig-marked ; suture deep, ex- 

 tending beyond the tip ; apex mamelon, recurved ; color 

 golden-yellow, with splashes of dull red and a lively 

 blush covering one cheek ; pubescence short, thick, fine ; 

 skin thick, adherent to the pulp ; flesh yellow, juicy, 

 stringy, meaty, mild or somewhat astringent, pleasantly 

 flavored ; ' fair to good in quality ; stone clinging, bulged 

 on one side, oval, plump, winged, with surfaces marked 

 by short, red grooves. 



LOLA. Fig. 172. Miss Lola. Lola is a 

 popular peach in parts of the South, but is 

 hardly known in the North. The crop follows 

 that of Mamie Ross and Greensboro, both of 

 which Lola surpasses in appearance and quality 

 of fruit, but precedes that of Champion. The 

 fruits ripen with those of the well-known 

 Carman, so that fruit-growers will want to 

 know how Lola compares with that variety. 

 The tree is hardier than that of Carman; and 

 the fruit is of better quality, larger, but hardly 

 so well colored. The peaches are handsome 

 and of best quality. The variety originated 



