64 APPLES AND PEACHES IN THE OZARK REGION. 



Table V. — Abbreviated description of important peach varieties. 



[Key to abbreviations.— Size: 1, large; m, medium; s, small; v,very. Color: b, blushed; c, creamy; 

 g, green ;r, red; w, white: y, yellow; s, stained. Adhesion: c, cling; f, free;sc,semicJing. Quality: g, good; 

 p, poor; v, very. A combination of abbreviations is used when it is necessary in order to express 

 properly the characteristics of a variety.] 



Variety. 



Alexander 



Belle (Belle of Gcorgi i) 



Carman 



Champion 



Chinese Cling 



Early Crawford 



Elberta 



Emma 



Family Favorite 



Gold Dust 



Greensboro 



Heath (Heath Cling).. 



Late Crawford 



Lee 



Lemon Cling 



Mathews 



Mountain Rose 



Oldmixon Free 



Picquet 



Reeves 



Salway 



Slappey 



Smock 



Victor 



Wonderful 



Size. 



Color. 



Color of 



flesh. 



Adhesion. 



m 



gw 



gws 



sc 



ml 



cwb 



w 



f 



1 



cw 



ws 



sc 



ml 



gw 



w 



f 



1 



cwr 



w 



c 



1 



yb 



ys 



f 



1 to vl 



vb 



y 



f 



1 



yb 



y 



f 



m to 1 



gw 



ws 



f tosc 



m 



y 



y 



c 



m to 1 



gw 



ws 



c 



1 



wr 



gw 



c 



1 



yb 



y 



f 



1 



gy 



ws 



c 



m to 1 



yr 



ys 



c 



1 



y 



y 



f 



m 



wr 



ws 



f 



m to 1 



cwr 



gw 



f 



1 



vb 



y 



f 



m to 1 



yr 



ry 



f 



1 



yr 



y 



f 



m 



yb 



ys 



f 



1 



y 



V 



f 



m 



cwb 



cw 



sc 



1 



yb 



y 



f 



Quality. 



P 

 g to vg 



The foregoing discussion of varieties with reference to their status 

 in the peach industry of the Ozark region leaves much unsaid that 

 might be added concerning their characteristics. It has seemed un- 

 necessary, however, to carry the discussion further in view of the fact 

 that a single variety — the Elberta — so largely predominates in 

 importance all other sorts. Certain general comments may be added, 

 however, which are pertinent to the variety problem. 



Though the later varieties of peaches produced in this region 

 usually bring good prices when they are well grown, the prevalence 

 of peach scab on so many of the late sorts which have been studied 

 has impressed the writers as being a very serious factor in their suc- 

 cessful production. In fact, under the usual methods of management 

 that have prevailed in the past, that disease has seemed in many cases 

 to be nearly if not entirely prohibitive of the profitable culture of 

 practically all the late sorts now growing in the principal peach- 

 growing sections of the Ozarks. This statement applies especially to 

 varieties that ripen from about two weeks after the Elberta to the end 

 of the season. However, the recently developed methods of spraying 

 for the control of peach scab, which also include the control of brown- 

 rot, place an entirely different aspect upon the culture of those varieties 

 whose growth heretofore has been impracticable on account of the 

 prevalence of these diseases. 1 



i See footnote under "Picquet" (p. 63) for references to literature relating to spraying for the control of 

 peach diseases. 



