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HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



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Delaware — This valuable peach comes from, the little Diamond State, which 



^ _ is noted for growing fine 1 



^as^~- " >., peaches. The growers of: 



this noted fruit section^ 

 know a good variety 

 when they see it and 

 when this most desirable 

 one of its season was 

 brought to public notice, 

 it at once gained favor. 

 It is a large peach, rip- 

 ens with the earliest, of 

 good shipping qualities,, 

 bright red color with 

 white flesh, as large as 

 Mountain Rose and rip- 

 ening with Troth's Early 

 and Hale's Early. Thor- 

 oughly tested by some of 

 the best growers to be a 

 variety distinct from 

 others and it is destined 

 to stay. In quality it is 

 among the best, a good 

 shipper; unlike most ex- 

 tra early varieties that 

 do well south but do not 

 succeed here, but a var- 

 iety that will suit the 

 planter in a general way, and will be planted by some of the best growers. Just 

 imagine a variety ripening with Troth's Early, as large as Mountain Rose; we 

 have them and are offering them at the following prices: One year trees?/25c 

 each, $2.50 per dozen. |g June buds half price. 





belongs to the North China type, 



Waddell — This remarkable new peach 

 which is the most hardy, vigorous and re- 

 liable of any class we have. The tree is a 

 heavy stalky grower, with the low, spread- 

 ing habits so distinctive of its class, and 

 while it is not quite so irregular as Sneed, 

 it is somewhat like it. Its fruit buds and 

 blossoms are among the most hardy, and 

 twice since 1890 it has produced a full crop 

 of fruit when other standard varieties fail- 

 ed entirely. 



I believe except in very rare instance?, 

 it will prove to be a sure annual bearer, 

 which is an exceedingly strong point in its 

 favor. 



Mr. Waddell, the originator, writes 

 me: "The blossoms were frozen stiff one 

 year and yet it bore a crop of fruit when 

 other varieties were all killed. The fruit * v 



is of medium to large size, oblong, rich, ^ . _ 



creamy white, with bright blush on sunny X A natural size. 



side, often covering two thirds of the peach; skin thick, flesh firm, rich, sweet, 

 and melting when fully ripe; freestone; almost as large and fine in appearance 

 as Belle of Georgia or Oldmixon, but ripens fully a month ahead of those superb 

 varieties or soon after August 1st here in Central Connecticut." 



"A hardy peach of such size and beauty, ripening eo early, is bound to be 

 profitable; fruit from 100 Waddell trees in early August is likely to bring more 

 money than the fruit of 500 other trees in September. I am willing to risk my 



