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No. 24 



STEVENS. {Stephens Rareripe). 



A popular late white flesh peach, and a good shipper. 

 Origin : New Jersey. 

 Tkee : vigorous and productive. 



Fruit : size above medium ; form roundish ovate ; color whitish ground with dark 

 red cheek ; cavity narrow and deep ; suture traceable. 



Flesi 



Stevens. 



SH ; whitish with red at pit; free; texture tender, juicy; flavor sprightly and 

 agreeable. 



Quality : dessert good ; cooking good. 

 Value: market first class. 

 Season : mid October. 



THURBER. 



A magnificent white flesh peach to fill in between Early Crawford and Elberta. 



Origin : seedling of Lee, raised by Dr. L. E. Berckinane of Augusta. Georgia. 



Tree : very vigorous ; productive. 



Fruit : size large ; form roundish, enlarged at centre along suture ; color creamy 

 bright red cheek ; cavity large, deep ; suture marked ; apex small, pointed ; bloom" 

 skin thin. 



Flesh : white, red at pit, free : texture tender, juicy ; flavor sweet, vinous, excellent. 



Quality : dessert very good to best ; cooking or canning very good. 



Value : home market first class. 



Season : mid September. 



white, 

 ivhite ; 



TRIUMPH. 



A valuable commercial variety, to follow the Alexander, but not very popular on account 

 of its heavy coat of down, its dull color, and its susceptibility to rot. 



Origin .■ Georgia, seed of Alexander. 



Tree : vigorous, hardy, very productive, subject to twig blight and leaf curl. 



Fruit : medium size ; form roundish, somewhat shouldered and flattened ; color yellow 

 ground nearly covered with red and markings of very dark red ; cavity deep ; apex small, in 

 a decided depression ; suture distinct ; pit semi-cling. 



Flesh : yellow ; texture fine, juicy ; flavor sweet, rich and excellent. 



Quality ; good. 



Value : home market second class except under special conditions. 



Season : mid August 



