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adherent to the pulp; flesh yellow, stained red at the pit, dr^-, string}-, tender, somewhat 

 meaty, strongly aromatic, pleasantly flavored; good in quality; stone free, one and one- 

 fourth inches long, seven-eighths inch wide, oval, bulged along the ventral suture, with 

 pitted surfaces; ventral suture deeply furrowed along the edges, narrow; dorsal suture 

 i,'rooved, somewhat flattened. 



CARMAN 



I. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 25. 1894. 2. Rural N. Y. 54:235. 619. 1895. 3. Ga. Sta. Rpl. 

 13:30s. 1900. 4. Del. Sta. Rpl. 13:92, 93 fig. 3. 1901. 5. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 385, 386, PI. 

 XLVIII. 1901. 6. ir. N. Y. Hart. Soc. Rpl. 11. 1907. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cal. 36. 1909. 



Among the many white-fleshed peaches of recent introduction, few 

 hold a more conspicuous place than Carman. Possibly its chief asset 

 is a constitution which enables it to withstand trs^ing climates, both north 

 and sottth, and to accommodate itself to a great variety of soils. Thus, 

 we find Carman a ver\' general favorite in nearly every peach-region on 

 this continent. Besides its cosmopolitan constitution, there is much merit 

 in the fruits especially for a peach ripening so early. While of but medium 

 size (the color-plate does not do justice in showing the size of Carman) 

 the peaches are most pleasing in appearance. The color is a brilliant red 

 splashed with darker red on a creamy-white backgrotmd. The shape is 

 nearh- round and the trimness and symmetry of the contour make the 

 variety, especially when packed in box or basket, one scarcely surpassed 

 in attractiveness of form. Carman is rated as very good in quality for 

 a peach of its season though a smack of bitterness in its mild, sweet flavor 

 condemns it for some. The habit of gro^\i;h is excellent, peaches are borne 

 abundantly, brown-rot takes comparatively little toll and in tree or bud 

 the variety is remarkably hardy. All in all, Carman is one of the mos'c 

 useful peaches of its class and season for either home or commercjal 

 planting. 



Carman grew from a seed planted in 1889 by J. W. Stube:^ auch, 

 Mexia, Texas. The tree fruited in 1892 and its earliness anc' freedom 

 from rot so pleased Mr. Stubenrauch that he at once began p jpagating 

 the new variety, naming it Pride of Texas. Later, in 1894, th( name was 

 changed to Carman in honor of the late E. S. Carman, long e litor of the 

 Rural New Yorker. In 1909 the American Pomological Sc:iety added 

 Carman to its list of fruits as one of its recommended vari( ties. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading or somewhat upright, open-topped .lardy, very pro- 

 ductive; trunk thick; branches stocky, smooth, bright red overspread wit) ash-gray; branch- 

 lets Ion , olive-green overspread with dark red, glabrous, smooth, glos y, with numerous 

 small, inconspicuous lenticels. 

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