Fruit Interests. 



§2. NOTES ON FLORIDA PEACHES. BY G. L. TABER, GLEN ST. 

 MARY, FLORIDA. 



Amongst the new fruits adapted to the south I know of 

 nothing that promises better than the Angel Peach, 

 which I have first placed upon the market for this winter's 

 trade, My attention was first called to this peach a little 

 over one year ago, and after investigating its merits I 

 promptly bought the original orchard tree, paying a large sum 

 for it. The Angel is a seedling from the Peen-to, originated near 

 Waldo, in this state, and retains all the vigor, productiveness 

 and adaptability of the parent Peen-to. Some of the import- 

 ant characteristics of this valuable variety are as follows, viz s 



First. The Angel is an early peach, and a perfect freestone. 



Second. It is of perfect shape— almost exactly round. 



Third. It is a very large peach, of high color, and exceed- 

 ingly handsome. 



Fourth. It comes into bearing very early, and is exceedingly 

 prolific. 



Fifth. It is entirely devoid of the noyeau flavor, characteris- 

 tic of the Peen-to and some of its seedlings. The flesh is; 

 white, melting and juicy; a delicious, rich, sub-acid of ex- 

 quisite flavor. 



Sixth. The Angel blooms a full month later than the 

 Peen-to, thus avoiding frosts that would prove destructive to 

 the Peen-to and admitting of the Angel being grown much 

 farther north than that variety; at the same time there is no 

 question as to its equal adaptability to the extreme south, with 

 either the Peen-to itself or any other of its numerous seed- 

 lings. 



During the past seven years I have tested upward of one 

 hundred and twenty-five varieties of peaches in my own or- 

 chards and have made several introductions of new varieties of 

 unusual merit for the extreme south. I am offering several new 

 varieties this year in addition to the Angel but consider this 

 variety the best of any of the new introductions. Two other 

 varieties are, however, worthy of special notice, viz : The 

 Laura, a very large, round, early clingstone which originated 

 from the Peen-to, and the Imperial, a large, oblong, early 

 freestone which originated from the Honey. 



I am also offering, for the first time, the new apri- 



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