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as Elberta from a commercial standpoint and 

 excels that variety in that it is far more edible. 

 The fruit is sometimes small, but in our Indi- 

 ana orchards it averaged nearly as large as 

 the Elberta and was almost as productive. I 

 do not recall that it ever brought any more on 

 the market — another indication that the buyer 

 does not as a rule appreciate quality in what 

 he buys. 



Krummel 



Another peach that should be more widely 

 planted to supply the late markets is the 

 Krummel, a very hardy, vigorous, yellow free- 

 stone that deserves to be better known. It 

 ripens even later that Salwey, and is the 

 latest peach that we have. In China there are 

 said to be some varieties of winter peaches 

 that can be packed away much as we pack 

 apples. In this country the Krummel almost 

 amounts to a winter peach. We have fre- 

 quently had them on the trees after a hard 

 frost, and one year the ground froze before 

 they were all ripe. They stuck on the 

 branches, however, and we had peaches to ship 

 long after all other varieties of this fruit were 

 gone and forgotten. This late ripening will 

 probably prevent the variety from being 

 planted in the northern districts, but from the 

 latitude of central Indiana south it should be 

 a very desirable sort. The quality is all that 



