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THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
Morris White. Fruit medium size, oval ; skin creamy white ; flesli white to 
the stoue, juicy, and sweet ; good for preserving. Ripens about with Crawford's Late. 
Old Mixon Freestone. Fruit large, oval ; skin yellowish white with a red 
cheek ; flesh white, but red at the stone ; rich, sugary, and excellent. Tree vigorous 
and very productive. About a week later than Crawford's Early. 
Old Mixon Cling. Fruit large ; skin yellowish white, with a red cheek ; flesh 
■very melting, juicy, and delicious. A week later than Old Mixon Free. 
Stump the World. Large ; creamy white, with a bright red cheek ; flish 
white, juicy, and high flavored ; very productive. Ripens ten days later than 
Crawford's Late. 
Smock's Free. Rather large ; yellow, with a red cheek ; flesh yellow, red at 
the stone ; productive. Two weeks later than Crawford's Late. 
Salway. A late, yellow freestone, of English origin, handsomely mottled with 
a brownish red cheek ; quality good. Tree very productive. Has proved itself a most 
valuable orchard variety. Ripens after Smock's Free. 
Stephen's Rareripe. The tree is a very vigorous grower, comes into bearing 
very young, and yields immense crops. It has proved its ability to resist severe cold 
and fruit freely "off years" when most other varieties yield no fruit. The fruit in 
appearance somewhat resembles an enlarged and remarkably high-colored Old Mixon 
Free. It begins to ripen with the last of the Late Crawfords, and continues about three 
weeks. Freestone, white fleshed, juicy, and high flavored. 
Schumaker. Fruit medium to large ; deep rich red ; flesh white, very sweet, 
juicy, and melting. A good shipper. Stone very small for so large a peach. Ripens a 
few days before Alexander. Freestone. 
Wager. Fair size ; good quality ; flesh bright yellow ; skin golden yellow, with 
a red cheek. Tree eminently hardy, healthy, long-lived, and an enormous bearer, 
yielding good crops years when most sorts fail to bear. Freestone. Highly esteemed 
for canning. Ripens a week later than Crawford's Early. 
Waterloo. Medium size ; fine quality ; flesh white ; skin greenish white, pur- 
plish red in the sun. Tree healthy and prolific. Ripens a week before Hale's. 
Wheatland. Fruit large to very large ; quality the very best ; color a deep 
golden yellow. Tree a stout, sturdy, grower, and a great bearer. A most excellent 
shipper, and its showy appearance makes it a valuable market sort. Freestone. Ripens 
between Crawford's Early and Crawlbrd's Late. 
Wonderful. Of New Jersey origin. Large, smooth, almo.st globular, with a 
faint suture and sliglitly pointed apex, very regular and uniform in both size and shape, 
of the richest golden yeUow, largely overspread with vivid carmine, with marbliugs of 
crimson ; flesh yellow, rich, high flavored, and delicious, exceedingly lirm, parts from 
the stone perfectly and dry, and is bright red around the pit. Its season is late to very 
late, ripening in Central New Jersey the second week in October and keeping in good 
condition as long as three weeks after gathered. The tree is a strong, vigorous grower 
and a regular, annual bearer. 
