HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, HD. 



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ORIGINATORS DESCRIPTION.— Tho following- is an extract Ircm a letter from Georg-ia 

 Experiment Station to tlio Originator: 



It gives me the greatest pleasure to be able to make not only a favorable report of the 

 Gordon Peach, but a most enthusiastic one. I do not remember exactly the date on which 

 you stated you pulled the eighteen peaches sent me in a five-pound basket before I moved 

 my family to Athens the latter part of September, and your letter was misplaced in some 

 way during tho confusion of moving. Doubtless you have a record of the date on which you 

 puiled them, which, I think, was somewhere between the 2()th and 2.'Jth of September. The 

 peaches were carried to Athens and the basket opened after reacliing there on October r^d. Of 

 the eighteen peaches it contained, one was decayed, two slightly spotted, and the other 

 iifteen in tirst-class condition. They were put on a shelf, paper Avrappers having been taken 

 off, and every day or two since we tested one. I believe all would have kept readily up to the 

 present time, though I tested the last one on Sunday the 0th before leaxing Athens for this 

 place, Instead of decaying as time passed the peaches would shrivel and shrink a little, but 

 remain perfectly sound. I never saw finer keepers, I believe properly i)acked they could be 

 readily shipped across the Atlantic in good condition. As to their quality, of course tastes 

 differ. I would not like to call their quality best, but personally I do not want anything bet- 

 ter. They have the wild prussic acid flavor Avhich most seedlings possess and Avhich I think 

 is very pleasant, and I believe I have a good deal of company in this oi)inion. Their consist- 

 ency, .too, is firm. It possesses a great deal of sugar and consequently is quite sweet, and al- 

 together is decidedly the best late peach I ever came across. 



There is no peach maturing the latter part of September which is of tirst-class quality 

 that will keep up to the middle of October and ship like a winter ui^ple. I sincerely ccjngra- 

 tulate you on your discovery, and I would much like to secure for the rni\ ersity farm at 

 Athens some June buds next year— a dozen at least for our plant, of course under restriction. 

 35c. each, $2.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100. June buds at half price. 



EARLY TILLOTSON— Medium size, skin yellowish white and nearly covered with red, 

 darkening on the sunny side, very juicy arid of excellent flavor. A good market variety. 

 Hipens first part of July. 15c. each. $1.50 doz, $6.00 per hundred. Only in June buds. 



AOniRAL DEWEY.— Introduced by J. D. Huested, the well known originator, amongst 



other varieties of Huested's o-'''''':'v"''^'»<'"?M^^-i'^v?;'-'v-- 



Early, Early Michigan and ..--.^jl... .. i-v,...-^,v,.v .-.—..■, 



Triumph peaches. He has 

 devoted many years to sci- 

 entific crossing and breed- 

 uig for improved varieties. 

 Every new kind introduced 

 by him has stood the test of 

 practical trial, and main- 

 tained all the merits claimed 

 for them. His latest intro- 

 duction, "Admiral Dewey," 

 marks ^as great an advance 

 in early peaches as did the 

 Triumph, and while that va- 

 riety is proving even better 

 than ever claimed for it. 

 Admiral Dewey possesses 

 many important pouits of 

 superiority. It is a perfect 

 freestone; ripens Avith the 

 Truanph: flesh is yellow, of 

 uniform color and texture to 

 pit. Has better form and 

 brighter color on the sur- 

 face; is equally hardy and 

 productive. The tree is a 

 strong symmetrical grower, 

 and as near i)erfection as we 

 can obtain in a single va- 

 riety. Price— One-year No. 

 1, 25c. each; $2.50 dozen; $10 

 per 100. June buds half 

 price. 



FRANCES— In this new va- 

 riety we believe we have 

 one which is equal to the 

 old standard Elberta in every respect and ripens after it. This new peach is destined to be- 

 come as popular as Elberta, which it follows closely after ripening. By the time the latter is 

 done the Frances is ready for shipment. It thus prevents the occurrence of a break in the 

 succession and reaches market at a time when peaches command the highest price, because 

 the beautiful Elberta has created the demand. It is one of the handsomest peaches ever 

 grown, being of a beautiful shade of yellow, covered almost entirely with brilliant red. In 

 size it is about the equal of Elberta, average specimens measuring nine inches m circumfer- 

 ence. It is very producti\'e; the originator cut a branch nine inches long on winch were 

 growing nine full sized peaches. It is a true freestone, with particularly solid flesh, and asa 

 '"shipper" is absolutely Avithout a rival. Price 25c. each, $2.50 per per dozen, $10.00 per 100. June 

 buds at half price. 



HOBSON— Comparatively new variety introduced by J. D. Huested and he speaks of it 

 as being a very large yellow, freestone, ripening ten to fifteen days before Elberta and a very 

 valuable market variety. 25c. each, $2.50 per dozen, $10 per 100. June buds at half price. 



Elberta peach has alrerdy been we'l f erted ard is one of the most profitable market varietieft. 



