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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



VARIETIES OF THE PEACH 



Nearly all varieties of the peach have been tried in California, 

 and, as with other fruits, it has been found that varieties must 

 be chosen with reference to their success in special locations. 

 Choice has also to be made according to the purpose of the grower, 

 whether for early marketing, for sale to canners, for drying, or 

 distant shipment or for late marketing. As with apples, there is 

 little use of planting early varieties (unless it be for home or local 

 use) except in very early regions. An early peach from a late 

 region is killed by competition with better middle season sorts 

 from the earlier regions. 



Dates of Ripening of Leading Varieties. The relative ripening 

 of a large number of peach varieties, as noted at the University 

 Experiment Station, at Pomona, will be useful to planters in determ- 

 ining proper succession of varieties, although of course the exact 

 dates will not widely apply. 



VARIETY. 



First flower. 



Briggs's Red May March 4 



Amsden's June March 8 



Alexander . . March 17 



Large Early York March 4 



Yellow St. John March 4 



Crawford's Early March 2 



Foster March 4 



Oldmixon Free March 7 



Morris White March 4 



Muir March 8 



Susquehanna March 4 



Crawford's Late March 2 



Newhall March 4 



Runyon's Orange Cling March 2 



California Cling March 2 



Stump the World March 2 



Lovell Feb. 28 



Nichols's Orange Cling March 4 



Seller's Cling March 2 



McDevitt's Cling March 2 



McKevitt's Cling March 2 



Wilkins's Cling March 3 



Indian Blood March 5 



Yellow Tuscany Cling March 5 



Lemon Cling March 14 



Smock's Late Free March 4 



Picquet's Late March 5 



Staley's California March 2 



Henrietta (Levy's) March 6 



Heath's Cling March 7 



Salway March 7 



Full flower. 

 March 24 

 March 25 

 March 31 

 March 18 

 March 12 

 March 15 

 March 15 

 March 18 

 March 15 

 March 23 

 March 14 

 March 14 

 March 14 

 March 14 

 March 16 

 March 16 

 March 9 

 March 14 

 March 14 

 March 18 

 March 19 

 March 14 

 March 25 

 March 19 

 April 1 

 March 18 

 March 18 

 March 15 

 March 15 

 March 14 

 March 9 



Ripe. 

 June 16 

 June 17 

 June 17 

 July 15 

 July 17 

 July 21 

 July 21 

 July 25 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 12 

 Aug. 12 

 Aug. 13 

 Aug. 14 

 Aug. 14 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 19 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 21 

 Aug. 21 

 Aug. 28 

 Sept. 1 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 15 

 Sept. 15 

 Sept. 18 



In an early region one can plant early, middle, and late varieties 

 to advantage, and thus secure a very long-fruiting season. The 

 peach season in interior districts begins at the first of June with 

 the Alexander, and continues to the end of November with local 



