THE CHASE NURSERIES, GENEVA, N. Y. 
Elberta Peach 
Crosby. — A peach of good quality which was 
once extensively planted. Requires intensive 
cultivation to reach good marketable size. At 
its best the fruit is first class in every respect. 
Fine grained, tender, sweet and very agreeable. 
Freestone. Tree is vigorous, healthy, fairly 
hardy and very productive. Ready middle of 
September. Origin, Massachusetts, 1876. 
Elberta. — The best peach of its season for 
all markets as it has grand shipping qualities. 
Probably the greatest commercial peach on the 
market today. The fruit is large, yellow 
with red cheek, juicy and highly flavored. 
Flesh is yellow and fine. Pit perfectly free. 
Tree is vigorous, hardy and a good uniform 
cropper. Ripens about ten days later than 
Early Crawford, late September. Origin. 
Georgia; cross between Chinese Cling anil 
Early Crawford. 
Early Rivers. — Large; color creamy white, 
with a delicate pink cheek; flesh melting, with 
a remarkable rich flavor. Larger and ten days 
later than Alexander. One of the finest of all 
peaches for home use or near-by market. 
Early York. — Medium size, greenish white, 
covered in the sun with dull red; flesh greenish 
white, very tender. 
Fitzgerald. — This is one of the hardiest vari- 
eties of peaches, and the quality resembles 
Early Crawford. A little finer for eating and 
the season is a little later. Fruit runs medium 
to large, has yellow flesh with an excellent 
flavor. Freestone. A very early bearer. Ex- 
tra hardy, succeeding in Canada and in Mich- 
igan perfectly. A very high class home mar- 
ket peach. Origin, in the garden of Mr. Fitz- 
gerald, Oakville, Ont., about 1895. 
Foster. — Originated in Medford, Mass. Large, 
deep orange red, becoming very dark red on the 
sunny side; flesh yellow, very rich and juicy, 
with sub-acid flavor. Ripens with Early Craw- 
ford. Very handsome. 
Globe. — A rapid, vigorous grower and enor- 
mous bearer ; fruit very large, globular in form ; 
flesh firm, juicy, yellow, shaded with reddish 
crimson towards the pit or stone; quality good; 
very rich and luscious. September and Octo- 
ber. 
Gold Drop. — Large, golden yellow, with red 
cheek in the sun; flesh, yellow, juicy, rich and 
very good. Tree very hardy, productive. 
Ripens between Hill's Chili and Smock. 
Greensboro. — The largest and most beautiful- 
ly colored of all the early peaches. Of good 
quality; juicy; a freestone, but adheres slight- 
ly; ripens perfectly to the seed, and with the 
Alexander, which makes it of great value as a 
market peach. 
Hill's Chili. — Recommended for drying, a 
good shipper. Tree is fairly vigorous and a 
big cropper, making it a profitable variety 
when grown for evaporators. It is a good 
cooking fruit, large, yellow, tinted with red 
and yellow, sour flesh. Considered second class 
as a regular market sort. Mid September. 
Origin, New York State. 
Crawford's Early 
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