HARRISON'S NURSERIES BERLIN, MD. 



Just Finished Budding Peach. 



Ford's Late — Fruit large, productive, white and 

 beautiful; flesh quite free ; season after Smock, 



Bray's Rareripe — (Dillon's Rareripe)— Large ; 

 creamy white, well flushed with crimson ; flesh white, 

 rich, juicy, good. A regular and abundant bearer, 

 very profitable in many sections. 



Lorentz — A seedling discovered in Marshall Countv, 

 W. Va. , and has never been known to fail a crop, even 

 in most unfavorable seasons. It bears crops when 

 others fail entirely. It is unusually large, of superior 

 flavor, freestone, yellow flesh and handsome appear- 

 ance. Has been a surprise to all who have seen it. 

 Season of rijjening after Smock. 



Crosby — Medium size, bright orange yellow, streak- 

 ed with carmine. On account of its beautiful color and 

 fine quality, it commands ready sale in competition 

 with best standard market sorts. Claimed to be the 

 hardiest of all peaches. Good for both home and mar- 

 ket. September. 



Wonderful — Large to very large ; uniform in shape 

 and size; color rich golden yellow, over-spread 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. 



Cobler— Large; yellow; ripening with vSmock, or 

 good quality; splendid keeper; very prolific; better 

 colored and larger than Smock. 



Nicholson's Slioclc— A good late peach with bright 

 yellow flesh ; handsome and large, perfectly free and 

 heavy and a regular bearer. 



Pierce's Yellow— Fruit large; golden yellow; ex- 

 cellent flavor: yellow flesh. Its heavy bearing, hardi- 

 ness of tree, large size, excellent qualities of fruit and 

 good shipping qualities should prompt every fruit 

 grower to have some of this valuable variety in his 

 orchard. First to middle of September. 



Silver riedal— A beautiful large, white, freestone; 

 white all the way to the stone; free; very hardy and 

 prolific. Ripens with Smock. 



Wager — Medium to large; yellow; flesh yellow and 

 of good quality. Tree hardy, healthy, long lived and 

 productive. Early September. 



Stinson— See description, page 13. 



Gordon — See description, page 13. 



Scott's Nonpareil— A fine, large, yellow peach 

 from New Jersey. A good market variety. Septem- 

 ber. 



William's Favorite — Large, handsome, hardy, 

 very productive. Excellent shipper. One of the most 

 profitable clingstones. Middle of September, 



Garfield — Originated in Cayuga County, New 

 York. Medium size ; freestone ; flesh rich, yellow and 

 juicy, skin orange red. 



EIGHTH RIPENING. 



Hiirs Chili— A great favorite for market in the cold 

 northwest, on account cf its extreme hardiness and 

 .heavy bearing. Fruit medium size, oblong; skin yel- 

 low, shaded with dark red, flesh yellow, very rich and 

 sweet; freestone. October 1st. 



Steadley — Fruit medium, roundish; skin creamy 

 white, flesh white, juicy, melting .'^weet, slightly 

 vinous, white at the stone. October 1st. 



Bustin's October— Large, pure white; a very good 

 late variety. 



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 melt- 

 ing, 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. 



Levy's Late— (Henrietta) Fruit large; roundi.sh; 

 skin deep yellow, a shade of rich brownish red in the 

 sun; flesh deep yellow, rather firm, juicy, half melt- 

 ing, sweet, very good and a valuable varietj'; cling- 

 stone. First to last of October. 



Van Meteor's Late October— Originated by Mr. 

 Van Meteor, who claims that it is still later than Bil- 

 I j'eu. Give it a trial. 



Hughes' I. X. L. — Originated in Louisiana; ripens 

 in October making a very late peach ; said to be the 

 largest and best peach of "that season ; produces fruit 

 large and with distinct suture; color a beautiful yel- 

 low, tender, juicy and of fine flavor. A ver5' fine 

 shipper. 



Salway — A large, late, yellow freestone, of English 

 origin, handsomely mottled with a brownish red 

 cheek; flesh deep yellow, juicy, melting, rich, very 

 productive : a variety growing more and more in favor 

 with orchardists. Ripens after Smock. Free. 



Willtin's Cling— A seedling of Heath, but. larger, 

 sometimes called Ringgold Mammoth. Its originator 

 thinks it the most valuable peach in cultivation. 

 Ripens in October. 



Marshall— Late; large deep yellow; productive; 

 ripening midway between Smock and Salway, filling 

 an important gap. October. 



Klondike — Have long wanted a peach as beautiful 

 as Mountain Rose, with quality equal to Old Mixon, 

 ripening with Smock. Now we have it in the one and 

 only peach — Klondike — the largest of all white free- 

 stone peaches. Originated in York Count j', Pa. 

 Large size, white skin with brilliant red over cover; 

 white flesh, sweet, juic5% delicious flavor, free from 

 bitterness ; perfectly free, bright red at stone and free 

 from fibre. Time of ripening. October 10th, when no 

 other late peach can compete with it in size, quality 

 or appearance. 



NINTH RIPENING. 



Bilyeu's Late October — Almost the last peach in 

 the market, ripening after Smock and Salway. Fruit 

 of large size ; color white, with beautiful blust cheek ; 

 flesh white, freestone and an excellent shipper. Does 

 well in Western Maryland and West Virginia, Be 

 sure to plant this if you live among the mountains. 

 Cannot be beat as a money maker. 



