CATALOG UE OF FR UITS. 31 



.IMEouiitain Rose— Large, roundish; skin whitish, nearly covered with dark red; 

 flesh white, juicy, very good; freestone. Tree vigorous and very productive. 

 An excellent early market variety. 



^Nectarine Peacli— Large, pointed, with a smooth, nectarine-like skin; flesh melt 

 ing, rich and racy; the best peach of its season; ripens with Crawford's Late. 



Oldniixoii Free — Large; greenish white and red; flesh pale, juicy and rich. Tree 

 hardy and productive; a most valuable variety. Succeeds Crawford's Early. 



Oldmixoii Cling — Large and excellent ; one of the best clings. End of Sep- 

 tember. 



IPrincess of TVales— Large and beautiful; cream colored, with a rosy cheek; 

 meiting, rich and excellent; ripens with Crawford's Late. 



JRed Cheek Melocoton— A famous old, well-known and popular variety; large, 

 oval; yellow with a red cbeek; flesh yellow, juicy, rich and vinous. Tree very 

 hardy and productive; valuable for the orchard. Succeeds Crawford's Late. 



Uivers (Early Rivers) — Large; color creamy white, with a delicate pink cheek; flesh 

 melting, or rather dissolving, with a rich, racy flavor most remarkable. Larger 

 and ripens three or four days after Louise. One of the finest of the early 

 peaches for amateur's use and market. 



Uivers' Early York — Medium size; skin marbled with red; flesh so melting and 

 juicy as to dissolve in the mouth, leaving no fibre; one of the first freestones to 

 ripen. Latter part of August. 



'^Salway — An English peach; large, roundish; skin creamy yellow; flesh deep yel- 

 low, juicy, melti.ig, rich. A valuable late peach for market, where it will 

 ripen. It is grown successfully at Keuka Lake in this State. 



Schumaker — A very early peach, of the type of Alexander, and closely resembling 

 tiiat variety in every way. The skin, however, seems to be higher colored and 

 the fruit therefore more showy. 



Snow — A beautiful fruit, medium size; skin and flesh clear creamy white through- 

 out. Tree hardy and productive; blossoms white and shoots greenish, very 

 distinct, and one of the most desirable of white peaches for preserving. Be- 

 ginning to middle of September. 



Stump the World— A New Jersey variety; red and white, handsome, good size 

 and fair quality. Very productive. End of September. 



^Surpasse Melocoton— (E. & B.) — A large, pale yellow fleshed peach of the high- 

 est quality. A strong grower and productive; raised by us from seed. First to 

 middle of September. 



.Susquehanna — A very large and superb yellow peach from Pennsylvania; melt- 

 ing, rich and fine. Succeeds Crawford's Late. 



*Walburton Admirable — An English variety; very large, melting dnd rich. 

 Quite late. 



"Ward's Late — A fine late peach, resembling the Oldmixon; flesh nearly white, 

 flavor excellent; ripens with Crawford's Late. 



"Waterloo— Medium to large, round, with a deep suture on one side; skin pale 

 whitish green in the shade, marbled with red and crimson in the sun; flesh 

 greenish white, juicy, vinous, adhering considerably to the stone. Ripens about 

 with Alexander. 



^Wheatland— Large, roundish; skin golden yellow, shaded with crimson on the 

 sunny side; flesh yellow, rather firm, juicy, sweet, and of fine quality. Ripens 

 between Early and Late Crawford. Tree vigorous and healthy. 



Note. — Those marked * usually require a longer season than we have in Western 

 New York. 



