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in a later period for superior excellence, such as 

 Crawford's Late and early Reeves' Favorite, Moun- 

 tain Eose, Stump the World, &c. We have now 

 a class of new early peaches, mostly from the seed 

 of the Hale's Early, that ripen in Pennsylvania in 

 July. Among them are Alexander, Amsden's 

 June, Downing, Early Beatrice. These and other 

 varieties are offered by our nurserymen, and al- 

 though they have not as yet been sufficiently 

 tested, some of them offer well, and are worthy of 

 early trial, as they commence the* peach season 

 nearly a month in advance of the Early York, 

 which some thirty years back was about the first 

 peach in the market, its season here in Pennsylva- 

 nia being from about the fourth to the tenth of 

 August. The Early Alexander was ripe here in 

 1879, from the 15th to the 23d of July. The Ams- 

 den's June and Downing are even earlier. It is to 

 be hoped that they all may prove more valuable 

 than their parent, "Rale's Early," which is now 

 in Maryland and Delaware as well as in Pennsyl- 

 vania, pretty generally supplanted by more relia- 

 ble varieties. I feel hopeful that some of these 

 new varieties will prove themselves entirely re- 

 liable. 



Name. Color. Quality. Ripe. 



Amsden's June. Red Good July. 



Alexander Red Good July. 



Downing Red and White. .Good July. 



Wilder Red and White. .Good size July. 



Beatrice Red and White. . Small July. 



