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because of the fact that an occasional grower 

 may have had success with it. The same thing 

 holds true with nearly all varieties. With a fruit 

 as variable as the peach we may expect to find 

 occasional instances of marked success where 

 failure is the rule and are just as apt to find the 

 contrary to hold good. 



Captain Ede 



The Captain Ede peach originated in 1870 

 as a seedling in the dooryard of Captain 

 Henry Ede, Cobden, Illinois. In the half- 

 century that has passed since then it has been 

 rather slow in gaining popularity, but in the 

 last ten years has been more widely planted. 

 It is a very fine, white-fleshed variety that 

 ripens a week or more ahead of Elberta. Its 

 excellent quality should give it a place in all 

 home orchards and in those commercial or- 

 chards that supply the small-town trade. It 

 will never compete with the yellow varieties in 

 the city markets. In some places it has a 

 reputation of being a shy bearer. I doubt if 

 this will hold good over the greater part of 

 the North Central peach districts. 



Carman 



Considering the fact that it originated in 

 Texas, Carman has adapted itself to a very 

 wide variety of soils and climates. It is per- 



