CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 37 

SELECT PEACHES. 

To secure healthy, vigorous and fruitful trees and fine fruit, the following points 
must be well attended to in peach culture :—1st. Keep the ground clean and mellow 
around the trees, and give it an occasional dressing of wood ashes. 2d. Keep the 
heads low—the trunks ought not to exceed three feet in height, 3d. Attend regu- 
larly every Spring to pruning and shortening the shoots of the previous year’s 
growth. This keeps the head round, full and well furnished with bearing wood. 
Cut weak shoots back about one-half, and strong ones one-third ; but see that you 
have a sufficient supply of fruit buds. Sickly and superfious shoots should be cut 
out clean. 
It should always be borne in mind that the fruit is borne on wood of the last 
season’s growth, and hence the necessity for keeping up a good supply of vigorous 
annual shoots all over the tree. The plum stock is advantageous in stiff clay, cold 
and damp soils. 
Price of trees, 25 cents each, except where noted. On Plum stocks, 60 cents each. 
Aliberge Yellow, Barnard’s Yellow Rareripe, &c.—Large; deep 
yellow, with a dull red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy and rich. ‘Tree vigorous, 
hardy and productive. Beginning of September. 
Alexander.—From Illinois; of recent introduction; said to be handsome, of 
delicious flavor, and two to three weeks earlier than Hale’s Harly. 50 cents. 
Amsden’s June.—A new early peach from Missouri, claimed to be the earliest 
oariety known. It is of medium size, fine color, flesh juicy and melting. 50 cts. 
Atlanta.— Originated at Lyons, N. Y. Fruit medium size, roundish, skin whitish, 
shaded and mottled with deep red. 
Bergen’s Yellow.—A large, yellow-fleshed peach of the finest quality, but a 
moderate bearer, Beginning of September. 
Cole’s Early Red—Medium size; mostly clouded and mottled with red; flesh 
pale, juicy, rich and delicious. Tree vigorous and an abundant bearer. 
Middle of August. 
Cooledge’s Favorite—A most beautiful and excellent peach ; skin white, deli- 
cately mottled with red; flesh pale, juicy and rich. Tree vigorous and pro- 
ductive. End of August. 
Crawford’s Early—A magnificent, large, yellow peach, of good quality. Tree 
exceedingly vigorous and prolific ; its size, beauty and productiveness, make 
it one of the most popular orchard varieties. Beginning of September. 
Crawford’s Late Melocoton (Crawford’s Superb, )—Really a superb yellow 
peach; very large, productive and good ; ripening here about the close of the 
peach season. Last of September. 
Early York (Early Purple, Serrate Early York, &c.)—Medium size ; on young, 
thrifty trees, large ; greenish white, covered in the sun with dull purplish red ; 
flesh juicy, rich and excellent. Tree a fair grower and very prolific; one of 
the best early orchard varieties. Middle of August. 
Early Tillotson—Medium to large; white and red; flesh white, melting, rich; 
one of the best early varieties, but the tree and fruit are both liable to mildew 
badly. Same season as Early York. 
Foster—Originated near Boston. Fruit large, and said to be equal to Early Craw- 
ford in quality. Ripe middle to last of September. 
George the Fourth—Large; white, with a red cheek; flesh pale, juicy and 
rich. ‘Tree vigorous and bears moderate crops of the best quality. EKnd of 
August. 
Grosse Mignonne—Large; dull white with a red cheek ; flesh pale, juicy, with 
a rich vinous flavor ; a free grower and good bearer. In England it is called 
‘‘the best peach in cultivation.” End of August. 
