260 FRUIT-GROWING 



and for a time was sold in a local way under 

 the name of Minnie. Being a southern variety 

 it has not done well in the northern peach 

 districts such as Michigan and New York, but 

 in the South Central West it is a desirable 

 fruit. The fruit ripens fairly early and is 

 above medium size, beautiful in color and 

 with attractive white flesh. Unfortunately 

 the peach is, in some localities, not a perfect 

 freestone and this one bad quality prevents it 

 from becoming as popular as it otherwise 

 would be. Many of our white-fleshed peaches 

 are of far better quality, but for some reason 

 the city markets prefer the inferior yellow- 

 meated kinds. Elberta will invariably sell 

 for more money on the market than will the 

 highest quality white peach. On the farm 

 this prejudice does not hold, and many 

 growers produce a few white-fleshed kinds for 

 their own use. For this purpose Alton is one 

 of the best. It is also good for small town 

 markets — but keep it away from the large 

 centers, where the people want big yellow 

 peaches, the bigger and yellower they are the 

 better they like them. High quality is not 

 appreciated. 



Arp 



I never see the name Arp in print but that 

 I think it must be an abbreviation of some 

 longer word. Formerly this variety was 



