FRUITS IX WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, AND TENNESSEE. 61 



Fitzgerald. 



The Fitzgerald is a yellow-fleshed freestone, very similar to Early Crawford, 

 but slightly earlier. Its fruit buds are not sufficiently hardy, and it is regarded 

 as undesirable in the Potomac Valley section of West Virginia. 

 Fox. 



The Fox peach is a white-fleshed freestone, ripening with the yellow- 

 fleshed McCollister and slightly later than Edgemont. It is still grown in 

 West Virginia to a considerable extent, though yellow-fleshed sorts are con- 

 sidered more profitable. 

 Globe. 



The Globe peach is a yellow-fleshed freestone, ripening just after Elberta, 

 but not considered so desirable as Late Crawford ; is not very productive, and 

 the tree is tender ; succeeds best on heavy soil at lower altitudes. 

 Gold Drop. 



The Gold Drop peach is a yellow-fleshed freestone, very handsome though 

 not highly colored, and small in size, having excellent flavor and fine-grained 

 flesh. The trees are very productive and hardy, resistant to brown-rot and 

 leaf-curl, and desirable in home orchards. 

 Illinois. 



The Illinois is a white-fleshed freestone peach of nearly the same season 

 as the Champion. It is liked near Keyser, W. Va., on chert soils and near 

 Louisville, Ky. The trees bear at a younger age than the Elberta. Sometimes 

 the foliage is affected by mildew. The fruit is very large, globose, and one 

 of the most highly colored peaches known. It may prove a desirable shipping 

 variety. 

 Krummel. Synonym : KrummeVs October. 



The Krummel is a yellow-fleshed freestone variety, reported by orchardists 

 as resembling the Salwey very closely, but ripening a little later and hav- 

 ing more productive and hardier trees. It may prove of value to those who 

 wish a later variety of the Salwey type. 

 Motlow. 



The Motlow originated in the yard of a Mrs. Motlow, of Winchester, Tenn., 

 in 1898. It came from the stock of a peach tree which was frozen to the 

 ground at that time. There it is considered a desirable yellow-fleshed free- 

 stone variety, ripening about a week later than the Elberta. 

 Mountain Rose. 



The Mountain Rose peach is a white-fleshed globose freestone, ripening be- 

 tween Hiley and Champion, but much smaller than Champion. It is not a 

 good shipper, and the trees are unproductive. Has high dessert quality and 

 is desirable for home use. 

 Oldmixon Free. 



' The Oldmixon Free peach is a white-fleshed freestone, ripening too near the 

 season of Elberta for the general market. But there is a limited demand 

 for it on account of its high dessert quality and its desirability for home use. 

 Picquet. 



The Picquet peach is a yellow-fleshed freestone, ripening with McCollister, 

 which is reported more productive. Picquet is also reported as subject to 

 brown-rot. It blossoms very late and is not as likely to be caught by frost 

 as many other sorts. 

 Reeves. 



The Reeves peach is a yellow-fleshed handsome freestone, ripening with 

 Belle, but it is not so reliably productive as that variety. It has high dessert 

 quality and is a good home-garden sort. 

 St. John. Synonym : Yellow St. John. 



The St. John peach is a yellow-fleshed, rather small, early freestone variety 

 which has not proved to be productive and is not considered as desirable as the 

 Carman of slightly later season. It is one of the highest in dessert quality of 

 early varieties. 

 Sneed. 



The Sneed is a very early white-fleshed freestone variety, which is small and 

 very poor in dessert quality. Its buds are considered very hardy. 

 Stump. 



The Stump peach is a white-fleshed, rather unattractive freestone, soft 

 variety, very similar to Oldmixon Free, which ripens slightly later than the 



