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PEACHES 



Success with peaches also will depend largely 

 upon getting varieties adapted to climate. The 

 white-fleshed type is the hardiest and best for eat- 

 ing ; and the free-stones are for most purposes, espe- 

 cially in the home garden, more desirable than the 

 "clings." 



Greensboro is the best early variety. Crawford 

 is a universal favorite and goes well over a wide 

 range of soil and climate. Champion is one of the 

 best quality peaches and exceptionally hardy. El- 

 berta, Ray, and Hague are other excellent sorts. 

 Mayflower is the earliest sort yet introduced. 



PLUMS 



The available plums are of three classes — the na- 

 tives, Europeans and Japans; the natives are the 

 longest-lived, hardier in tree and blossom, and 

 heavier bearers. 



The best early is Milton ; brilliant red, yellow and 

 juicy flesh. Wildgoose and Whitaker are good 

 seconds. Mrs. Cleveland is a later and larger sort, 

 of finer quality. Three late-ripening plums of the 

 finest quality, but not such prolific yielders, are 

 Wayland, Benjon and Reed, and where there is 

 room for only a few trees, these will be best. They 

 will need one tree of Newman or Prairie Flower 



