60 BULLETIN 1189, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Levy. 



The yellow clingstone Levy peach is not so popular as the white-fleshed 

 Heath, which ripens at the same time. The reason seems to be that the fruit 

 sometimes is very small, and it is very susceptible to brown-rot. It was found 

 only in orchards of the Potomac Valley section of West Virginia and is there 

 considered better adapted to the mountain soils than to the lower altitudes. 

 McCollister. 



The McCollister is a large yellow-fleshed freestone peach and is considered 

 a good shipping variety. It ripens with the Edgemont and about the same 

 season as the Stevens and Fox. In some orchards it is the standard variety for 

 the period between Late Crawford and Smock. In one orchard on chert soil 

 it had not borne well, but usually it is considered productive. One desirable 

 feature of the McCollister is its habit of holding its fruit on the tree after 

 ripening better than most varieties. 

 Minnie. Synonym: Alton. 



The Minnie is a very large, white-fleshed, semifreestone soft peach of high 

 dessert quality, ripening with the Carman. It blossoms early, and the trees 

 are not very productive. Near Louisville, Ky., it is considered desirable for 

 home use or local market only and is grown very little elsewhere in this area. 

 Salwey. 



The Salwey is the standard variety of its season in all this area. It usually 

 is ready to harvest immediately after the Smock and is all picked several days 

 before Bilyeu ripens. The fruit is medium sized, well colored, yellow fleshed, 

 freestone, and only fair in dessert quality. It is, however, the best freestone 

 dessert and canning variety of its season. In the Potomac Valley section it is 

 planted on both chert and shale soils and is considered desirable on both. It is 

 considered especially adapted to the higher altitudes having good atmospheric 

 drainage, but spraying enables this and other varieties to be grown on low 

 elevations or where air drainage is poor. 

 Smock. 



The Smock is being replaced throughout the area by the Beers Smock, which 

 matures slightly earlier and is larger. In other characteristics the two varieties 

 are very similar. 

 Stevens. Synonym : Stevens Rareripe. 



The Stevens is a white-fleshed, handsome freestone peach which is still grown 

 widely by orchardists in the Potomac Valley section because of its high dessert 

 quality. Some growers prefer it to the Late Crawford, which overlaps it in sea- 

 son, although slightly earlier. Other varieties ripening with it are McCollister 

 and Edgemont among the yellow-fleshed varieties and Fox, a white-fleshed sort. 

 Its future in this area will depend largely on whether yellow varieties are to 

 be grown for the general markets to the exclusion of the white-fleshed ones. 



VARIETIES OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL. 



Many other varieties which have been grown in this area and found 

 undesirable for general planting may be adapted to the local markets 

 or to home use. Some of these varieties are here listed and the reasons 

 given why they are not considered profitable for the general market. 

 Three of these varieties, however. Illinois. Krummel. and Motlow, 

 are considered worthy of trial. 



Alexander. 



White-fleshed, semicling, small, rather unproductive, and too early in this 

 area for general markets the Alexander peach is considered desirable for 

 home use, as it is an early variety with a vigorous hardy tree, ripening about 

 30 days before Elberta, just after the Sneed. 

 Connett. Synonyms: Southern, Southern Early. 



The Connett is a large white-fleshed freestone variety, but a rather shy bearer, 

 ripening about the season of the more popular Carman, by which it has been 

 replaced. 

 Crosby. 



The Crosby is a yellow-fleshed freestone, ripening with the McCollister, and 

 not adapted to poor soils. Trees of this variety were destroyed by a commercial 

 grower at Knoxville, Tenn., because they were unprofitable, as the fruit is small 

 and unattractive. 



