DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS, 35 



Old Mixon Freestone, large, greenish white with a red cheek, flesh pale, juicy 

 and rich ; tree vigorous and prolific; an excellent variety. End of Aug. 



Rareripe, Late Red, large, greyish yellow, with a dull deep red cheek, flesh 

 juicy, melting and rich; tree vigorous and productive; a beautiful and 

 valuable peach Beginning of Sept. 



Shipley's Late Red, large size,. -white flesh with a beautiful blush ; one of the 

 most beautiful and valuable of our late peaches ; tree vigorous and produc- 

 tive. Beginning of Oct. 



Silver Medal, large, white ripening with Smocks ; tree hardy and a great 

 bearer ; a very desirable late peach. 



Snow Peach, (Kolb,) white wood, white bloom, white fruit, good size; the 

 finest for canning. Middle of Sept. 



Steadly, very large, fine flavored and very late peach, color greenish white. 

 "Larger than La Grange or Heath Cling and ten days later." • 



Stump the World, very large, creamy white with a bright red cheek, fle.sh juicy 

 and high flavored ; very productive. Middle of Sept. 



Thurber. ''Fruit large to very large often measuring ten inches in circum- 

 ference, round or slightly oblong, creamy white, marbled with carmine, 

 flesh white, juicy, sweet and exquisite." End of Sept. 



Tuckahoe Late, very large, white, freestone peach, said to be two weeks later 

 than Smocks. 



Ward's Late Free, large, white with a beautiful crimson cheek, flesh juicy, 

 melting, rich and excellent ; tree vigorous and productive. Beginning of 

 Oct. 



Waterloo, a new early peach from Western New York, recommended for its 

 earliness and large size. 



William's Large Free. 



Class Second — Feeestones with Yellow Flesh. 



Beer's Smock, large, yellow, very fine, a seedling from Smock's ; very pro- 

 ductive, a very valuable variety. End of Sept. and 1st of Oct. 



Brandywine. " A seedling of Crawford's late, and valuable for its large size, 

 fine appearance, good quality, lateness and market value. Fruit larger 

 than its parent and ripens ten days later ; tree a strong grower and pro- 

 ductive." 



Christiana. " Very large, yellow with a fine blush similar to Reeve's Favorite, 

 ripens just before Smocks." A fine variety. 



Conklin, golden yellow, marbled with crimson, large and handsome ; ripens 

 after Crawford's Early. 



Crawford's Early Melocoton, very large, oblong, yellow with a fine red cheek, 

 flesh melting, sweet, rich and very excellent ; tree vigorous and very pro- 

 ductive, a splendid and excellent early yellow peach. Middle of Aug. 



Crawford's Late Melocoton, very large, skin yellow^ with a fine dark red cheek, 

 flesh melting, sweet, rich and excellent ; tree vigorous and very fruitful; 

 a magnificent peach. Middle of Sept. 



Foster, very large, round, fully as large as Crawford's Early and superior in 

 flavor; ripens a few days before Crawford's Early. 



Geary's Hold On, a very late peach, weighing from twelve to sixteen ounces ; 

 ripening after Smock and of fine quality. 



Hance's Golden Rareripe. 



Barker's Seedling, fruit large, roundish, mostly covered with red, flesh sweet 

 and juicy. Beginning of Sept. 



Leatherbury's Late. ''A fine, large, late peach, ripening after smock and 

 Salway ; measures from eight to eight and a half inches in circumference, 

 and are of a palish yellow color, tinged with a rich scarlet over the largest 

 portion of the peach ; exceedingly juicy and rich." 



Mary's Choice, a magnificent large yellow peach, larger than Crawford's Late ; 

 an extra fine variety. Middle of Sept. 



Nanticoke, very large, yellow with a deep red cheek, hardy and productive, 

 ripens a week after Smocks. 



