FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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PEACHES. 
We oflfcr only a select list of varieties, beginning with the very earliest and covering 
the whole season to the very latest. Among them are several new sorts which have 
proved themselves much more valuable than many of the older varieties. Whether 
planting for home use or market we would not advise increasing the list to any great 
extent. W j sell the trees one year old Irora bud. 
' Alexander. Medium ; color deep maroon, handsomely shaded ; rich and good ; 
flesh firm. Fine, hardy, and productive. A week earlier than Hale's Early. 
Chase's Early Free. This valuable new early peach originated in Geneva. 
Tree hardy and healthy; an early and prolific bearer ; fruit medium to large, yellowish 
white, covered with a delicate pink ; flesh white, juicy, rich ; carries well ; ripens a few 
days after Alexander. 
Crawford's Early. Large ; yellow, with red cheek ; flesh yellow, rich, sweet, 
and luscious. Ripens two weeks after Hale's Early. 
Crawford's Late. Large size, fine quality. Holds high rank as a profitable 
market fruit. About four weeks later than Crawford's Early. 
Cooledge's Favorite. Fruit large, roundish ; skin white, with a crimson 
cheek ; flesh juicy and melting, with a rich flavor. Ripens after Crawford's Early. 
Elberta. A seedling of Chinese Cling but entirely free. Large ; yellow with 
red cheek, juicy and of high quality; flesh yellow and melting. A very Talnable sort. 
Ripens after Early Crawford. 
Early Beatrice. Fruit medium size, vrith a marbled red cheek ; flesh melting, 
juicy. Ripen a few days before Hale's Early. 
Early Canada. Tree claimed to be unusually hardy. Fruit of good size, fine 
quality, and beautiful appearance. Ripens as early as the earliest. 
Early Rivers. Large ; color pale straw, with a delicate pink cheek ; flesh melt- 
ing, with a rich flavor. Ripens with Hale's Early. 
Foster. Yellow, freestone. A large, round peach, of good quality, running uni- 
form in size. Ripens a week before Crawford's Early. 
Garflleld. Large size ; good quality ; remarkably handsome ; flesh yellow ; skin 
dark red or crimson. Tree hardy and an enormous bearer. Freestone. September. 
Globe. Fruit exceedingly large, globular in form, quite uniform in size ; of a rich 
agreeable; 
Large Early York. Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit dotted with red in 
the shade, deep red cheek to the sun ; flesh nearly white, fine grained, very juicy 
with a mild, rich, excellent flavor. Ripens a few days before Crawford's Early. 
Lord Palmerston. Fruit very large ; skin whitish, vvith a pink cheek ; flesh 
firm, yet melting, rich, and sweet. Last of September. 
Mountain Rose. Large ; red ; flesh white, juicy, rich, and excellent ; one or 
the best early peaches. First of August'. 
