Tenth Annual Meeting 21 



The President: "The Champion peach has done well 

 for me. I have been pulling out some old trees that have 

 done good service. It is an old peach." 



The President: "If Mr. N. S. Piatt, the state pomolo- 

 gist, is in the room, we would like to have his opinion about 

 some of these new fruits." 



Mr. N. S. Platt: "Mr. Chairman, I have not had a 

 chance to watch new fruits except in peaches. I have had the 

 Triumph, Greensboro and Waddell, and also one or two others. 

 The Triumph is a good bearer, a bright -looking peach with red 

 cheeks, but is rather watery. It is very early; perhaps about 

 the 30th of July, or somewhere about there. 1 should not 

 think it would be good for anything for market. 



"The Greensboro is about the same looking, white with rec 

 cheeks, and of good size. It is large enough, and fine -looking 

 enough for market. It has not rotted, so far as I can see, on 

 my own trees. It ripens about the 25th to 28th of July. Its 

 keeping qualities are probably not great, and I suppose it will 

 rot like all early peaches in our climate do. It looks very well, 

 and aside from that trouble I should think it would be a good 

 market peach. It is the best early peach, so far as I have seen, 

 for family use. It is certainly ahead of the old Waterloo and 

 that class of peaches. The Triumph with me rotted. It 

 looked pretty and handsome, but rotted. As to the Waddell, 

 and one or two others, I have not had a chance to see which 

 was the earliest, but they were of good size, and large enough 

 for market. They ripen rapidly, are quite large, and perhaps 

 will be desirable for market peaches. I have a later white one 

 that I am sure if it behaves as well hereafter as it has done it 

 will he worth while as a market peach. It is as large or larger, 

 is evidently a better bearer and as good-looking a peach as the 

 Stump, and would be about ready to pass into the market when 

 the Stump has passed. 



"The Japan Blood I had for an early peach, but that is 

 determined to rot, and is worth nothing at all as a market 

 peach. It is one of the early ones." 



Mr. Ives: "Some one asked about the Emma peach 

 before you came in. You know something about that?" 



Mr. Platt: "I have four or five trees three years old. I 



