THE PROBLEM OF VARIETIES. 63 



Oldmixon Free. 



The high quality of this variety makes it particularly acceptable for home use where 

 a white-fleshed peach is desired which ripens about with the Elberta. In some seasons 

 it ripens a few days in advance of that variety. Comparatively few of the Ozark 

 orchards contain it. though some of the growers report it as profitable, especially for 

 local markets. 

 Picquet. Synonym: Picquet' s Late. 



The Picquet is grown more or less in the Ozark region where a late variety is desired. 

 In season it is about with Smock, ripening some three or four weeks after Elberta. that 

 is. about September 1 in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. Though 

 it may set a good crop of fruit, it rarely matures well on account of its susceptibility 

 to peach scab. In fact, in the experience of some growers, peach scab has rendered 

 the successful growing of this variety practically impossible. The methods of con- 

 trolling that disease, however, by the use of certain spray mixtures which have been 

 developed during the past few years may in the future make possible the successful 

 culture of valuable varieties that are extremely susceptible to this disease where here- 

 tofore it has been impracticable to grow them. 1 



Salway. 



This is probably the most extensively planted late variety in the Ozark region. It 

 ripens usually a few days after Smock and Picquet. "While its inherent bearing pro- 

 clivities have doubtless been all that could be desired, its extreme susceptibility to 

 peach scab has frequently greatly damaged or even destroyed the marketability of the 

 crop. Peach scab is a more serious factor with this variety than with even the Picquet, 

 because Salway is much more extensively planted. Were it not for this disease the 

 Salway would apparently be a profitable sort to grow, at least in some portions of this 

 region. 2 

 Slappey. 



This variety is regarded by a small number of growers in the Arkansas Valley as a 

 desirable one immediately to precede the Elberta. In the Van Buren section it 

 reaches a good degree of perfection. In appearance it is commonly described as an 

 "early " Elberta, but it is considered by many to be better in dessert quality than the 

 Elberta. It has been observed in the present connection only in the section of 

 the Ozarks mentioned above; hence its desirability for other portions of this region is 

 not definitely known. 

 Smock. 



This variety is in a few of the larger orchards in the Ozarks, but it is of only minor 

 importance. In a general way, the comments under Picquet apply to this variety, 

 though it is probably not as susceptible to peach scab as that variety is. It ripens 

 about with Picquet. 



i The Control of Peach Brown-Rot and Scab, Bulletin 174, Bureau of Plant Industry. 1910: Spraying 

 Peaches for the Control of Peach Brown-Rot, Scab, and Curculio. Farmers' Bulletin 440, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture, 1911. 



- See comments under •' Picquet " (supra) relative to peach scab. 



