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could be asked for in so late a fruit. It is not 

 so good as the best of the mid-season peaches, 

 but in October we are not so apt to be partic- 

 ular as to flavor. Almost "any old peach" 

 tastes mighty good. In the "winter of the big 

 freeze, " a few seasons back, the Krummel was 

 one of the few varieties in our orchards that 

 survived the cold. They resisted a continued 

 temperature of twenty-five degrees below 

 zero which killed outright many trees of 

 Elberta, Heath, Champion, Kalamazoo and 

 other standard sorts that are rated as fairly 

 hardy. Under the circumstances I can not 

 be blamed for feeling kindly toward the vari- 

 ety. If I intended to plant another large 

 peach orchard I would see that this variety 

 had a prominent place in the list. However, 

 I have no such intentions. I am a reformed 

 man, and opposed to all forms of gambling — 

 unless I can have a reasonable "look in" for 

 my money. This I am satisfied I do not have 

 when I plant peaches in central Indiana. 



Niagara 



One of the comparatively new varieties is 

 the Niagara, a sort that I have never seen, but 

 which I mention here because it has been re- 

 ceived with considerable favor in New York. 

 Professor Hedrick says that it is of the Craw- 

 ford type, probably a seedling of the Early 



