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places they produce fairly abundant crops. 

 Unfortunately I do not live in one of those 

 places or I would have a lot of trees planted. 

 The fruit is unrivaled by other peaches as 

 both early and late strains are the best of 

 their respective seasons. For the home or- 

 chard they should not be overlooked, and even 

 in those places where they are shy and late 

 bearers they should be in the home orchard. 

 Even though they were not the very best of 

 yellow peaches, even though they were unfit 

 to eat, they should have a place in any home 

 garden simply on account of the beauty of 

 their fruit. That exemplary Oriental, Confus- 

 cius, once said that if he had but two coins 

 that he would buy bread with one and with the 

 other would buy hyacinths for his soul. If he 

 could have seen a well-grown Crawford peach 

 he might have served soul and body both and 

 had a coin to keep. 



Elberta 



The Elberta, and please notice, all of you, 

 that the name is spelled with an "E" at 

 the front and not an "A," has been the most 

 planted, the most talked about and the most 

 eaten peach in America. There has been so 

 much discussion as to how the variety orig- 

 inated that I feel justified in taking the space 

 to give the facts in the matter. 



