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Sneed — A variety of the Chinese Cling family and the earliest peach 

 known The tree possesses the hardiness and vigor of its class and is a produc- 

 tive bearer. Fruit medium to large, inclining o oval, rich creamy white with 

 bright crimson blush, flesh firm, sweet, tine quality; ripens evenly to the pit 

 -and does not rot. A very desirable peach and valuable or account of its ex- 

 treme earliness for either the home garden or market. 



Triumph — A very early yellow freestone peach ripening with Alexander. 

 Blooois late, has large flowers; is a sure and abundant bearer and makes a very 

 -strong growth The fruit is large with a very small pit, and is indeed beauti- 

 ful. Surface is yellow nearly covered with red and dark crimson.^ in the sun 

 Flesh bright yellow, free when fully ripe and of excellent flavor. 



Wonderful — Large to very large, uniform in shape and size, color rich 

 golden yellow, overspread with carmine and crimson. Flesh yellow highly 

 flavored and firm, bright red at the pit which is small and parts freely from 

 the flesh. October, and a good keeper. 



Wheatland — An improvement upon Crawford's Late, and ripens just in 

 advance of it extra large, beautiful golden yellow with a crimson cheek; flesh 

 yellow, rather firm, juicy, sweet and of tine quality, tree vigorous, very pro- 

 ductive. August. 



Wilett — The famous New York Peach. 



White Heath Cling — Fruit very large, skin a pale yellowish white with a 

 faint blush or tinge of red in the sun; flesh greenish white, very tender and 

 melting exceedingly juicy with a sweet, rich, high, and luscious flavor, tree 

 hardy and vigorous . Middle of September, and sometimes keeps a month after 

 being taken from the tree. 



Wilkin's Cling — A seedling of Heath but larger, sometimes called Ringold 

 Mammoth Its originator thinks it the most valuable peach in cultivation. 

 Ripens in October. 



Waterloo— Medium to large, good specimens measuring nine inches in 



circumference and weighing five ounces Col f 



or pale whitish green in the shade, marbled ♦ ^/OU connot spend too \ 



with red. deepening into dark purple crimson t \ . . . 



in the sun Flesh greenish white with abun 3 ." much money in buy- J 



dance of sweet, vinous juice. Semi cling, Rip- J ing good fruit trees. 



ens with Amsden June. ! «.♦... ♦♦♦.» ? 



Yellow St. John— One of the most beautiful and profitable yellow free 

 stones. Large, flesh yellow, equal in flavor to Crawford's. Very juicy and 



sweet 



Jlpples. 



The apple is the most companionable of fruits It is a part of the old home. 

 The trees leaned over the fences a^d grew on the hillsides when we first chased 

 over the fields in the red October days; they shook their petals of pink and 

 white over the honey euckles in the old garden like belated drifts of snow; in 

 the gnarled branches the robin gave the first news of spring and from the 

 rMTTTMTMTTTTTTTTTTTTMMTTMYYMj crotches a young brood flew in the early days of 

 F The life of an orchard de= 3 June. We' cannot re ember the time' when we 

 E cSara S cter er of "he so°i? 'on 3 rtrst knew the apple tree. Ev.ry year it has whit- 

 l which it is planted. 3 ened the landscape with its wealth of bloom and 



Lii 1 w.w„iw.,„iiiiw .m Jl w,M every autumn the fruits have reddened in the sun. 

 And the memories of the long winter evenings at home are fragrant with the 

 crisp and juicy fruit. Like old friends and old places, it is inseparable from 

 that compound of experiences which we call ourselves. And yet people are ask- 

 ing if apples pay? Does it pay to live, to eat, to think? Does it ever fail to pay 

 to raise what every one wants? In these times it never pays to raise common 

 things, in common ways. It does not pa_> ro raise apple if apples receive no 

 part of the farmer's care or thought. Neglected orchards like neglected chil- 

 dren are an unpleasant heritage. 



