PEACH VARIETIES 261 



called Arp Beauty, but the American Porno - 

 logical Society with its well-known proclivity 

 for boiling down names cut the beauty out of 

 this one. The peach is the best early yellow 

 peach that we have, ripening about a month 

 sooner than Elberta. It originated at Arp, 

 Texas, near the beginning of the present cen- 

 tury and has been tested over a wide extent 

 of territory. Like nearly all varieties of 

 southern origin it does better if not planted 

 too far north. 



The tree is healthy, vigorous and a fairly 

 reliable bearer. For so early a peach the 

 fruit ships well and in some districts is well 

 regarded as a market variety. The only 

 objection to the variety is that it is not a per- 

 fect freestone, the flesh clinging rather 

 tightly to the stone. 



Belle 

 Most fruit-growers are familiar with the 

 old Belle of Georgia, which has long been a 

 standard market variety in the Southern 

 States. In the large peach-growing section of 

 the South it has been one of the best and, for a 

 white-fleshed sort, it has had great popularity 

 on the northern markets. In recent years it 

 has not been so largely planted, giving way to 

 peaches of better quality. In the North it has 

 never been in favor with the growers. This 

 statement perhaps should be somewhat qualified 



