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a top-notch variety as regards quality. Many 

 growers report that it is not productive, but 

 it is certainly much more so than the older 

 varieties of its family. As a commercial 

 peach it will not compete with heavy pro- 

 ducers such as the one we have just been con- 

 sidering, but for a discriminating trade it 

 might be profitable. It ripens along with the 

 Early Crawford and Carman. 



Greensboro 



I will always have a warm spot in my heart 

 for the Greensboro peach for it was one of the 

 most reliable varieties that we ever grew. Also 

 it was the first commercial peach to be harvest- 

 ed each year in our orchards and it was always 

 something of an event to gather those first 

 peaches. The trees are very hardy in both wood 

 and bud and if the cold weather of winter and 

 early spring left anything at all in the peach 

 orchard it was sure to be on these trees. 

 When allowed to ripen on the tree the fruit is 

 first-class in quality, but is unfortunately not 

 a perfect freestone. Some specimens almost 

 qualified for this class, but the majority of 

 the fruits adhered quite tightly to the pit. It 

 is a white-fleshed sort, ripening considerably 

 in advance of Carman. As an evidence of the 

 resistance to frost which this variety showed 

 in our own orchards I might mention an 



