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riety. Ripens October 15; good for home use; buds rather tender; a light 

 bearer. 



Triumph. — Above medium; sltin downy, dark orange yellow; nearly 

 covered with dark carmine; flesh yellow, juicy, melting and slightly sub- 

 acid; quality good where it succeeds, valuable for market and home use- 

 on account of its extreme earliness; the fruit in many places splits open 

 when matured; buds hardy and trees vigorous growers; semi-clingstone. 



Crawford's Late. — Fruit of the largest size, skin of greenish yellow^ 

 with dull red cheek, flesh yellow. One of the finest late sorts. Last of 

 September; buds rather tender, but where it succeeds one of the 

 choicest sorts for home or market use; quality of the best; freestone. 



Globe. — A very rapid grower and an enormous bearer, fruit very 

 large, flesh firm, juicy, yellow, shaded with crimson, very rich, luscious. 

 September and October; an attractive fruit for all purposes; buds rather 

 tender; freestone. 



Keyport White. — Medium to large, pure white, white flesh through to 

 the stone. Tree a good grower, productive and valuable. Ripens last of 

 September; valuable for all purposes; buds hardy; freestone. 



Mountain Rose. — One of the best and most reliable Peaches, large 

 white, flesh white, sweet productive. Early August; should be in every 

 planting; a beautiful semi-cling stone; buds hardy. 



Old Mixon Free. — Uniformly large, white covered with bright red; 

 one of the best and most reliable. Last of August; valuable for orchard 

 purposes for market; buds hardy; freestone. 



Fox's Seedling. — A verj' valuable Peach, large size, fine quality, 

 white flesh, freestone, beautiful red cheek. Ripens October 1; not a 

 productive variety; its chief value is for home use; budsi rather tender; 

 freestone. 



Champion. — Probably the best early white Peach, all things con- 

 sidered. Trees hardy and productive, fruit very large, rich and luscious 

 in flavor, white, with red cheek. Ripens middle of August; a valuable 

 fruit for all uses; buds very hardy; freestone. 



Morris White. — Medium; straw color, tinged with red; juicy and de- 

 licious, productive. Middle of September; valuable only for home use; 

 buds rather tender; freestone. 



Brays Rareripe. — Large size, oblong or oval; white flesh, freestone; 

 fine grained, with beautiful red cheek. Ripens September 15; a good 

 average bearer, and desirable for market purposes; buds hardy; free- 

 stone. 



APRICOT TREES. 



Where this fruit can be grown, in some few favored localities and in 

 some especially sheltered warm gardens it Is a great success and an in- 

 teresting valuable fruit, coming into bearing a short time after being 

 planted. We cannot, of course recommend it for planting in the Northern 

 and Middle States, except under the favorable conditions referred to 

 above. The writer has fruited it in -a small way in his garden, here 

 on the banks of the Hudson River Valley, and has at the present time 



