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CATALOGUE AND RETAIL PRICE LIST OF 
HARDY PEACHES — Continued 
We believe If people will keep planting the hardier varieties, such as have 
originated here and in adjacent counties and continue to originate new va- 
rieties out of the seed produced by them, that the time is not far distant when 
we will be as certain of peach crops as we now are of plums and apples. We 
now have varieties that have stood the test for from t%velve to seventy years. 
The original Friday, or as now called. Bailey peach pits were planted In Scott 
County in 1836 and two years later the trees' were planted in orchard and were 
still living and producing good crops in 1 SB6. having a record of three crops 
out of every five years for over sixty years. We have been growing these 
peaches here in I.inn County for the past 16 years, with even a better record 
than the above, having produced four crops in succession. The following list 
Is made up of varieties that have originated in Linn and adjacent counties. 
They are the most dependable varieties known among peaches for this section. 
Our peach trees are budded upon the hardiest stock in existence, namely 
seedlings produced from native grown seed of the Bailey Peach. We plant 
them about a foot deeper than they stood in the nursery, so that if ever the 
tree is killed back to the ground it will throw up a sprout from above the bud 
union and thus renew the tree. 
BAILEY — The Friday seedling or Bailey peach has a record of 70 years in 
Iowa, and an average of three crops out of every five years for this time. 
In Cedar County it has born heavy crops for many years in succession. 
Fruit medium size perfect free stone, small pit, white flesh, sweet and juicy. 
Season, first to middle of September. This variety reproduces true from 
seed. Get a dozen of these seedlings: they will produce fruit In two to 
three years. Nice stocky 2-foot trees, $1.00; per dozen, 2 J / 2 feet and up, $1.50 
per dozen. See list below for budded trees. 
LONE TREE — The original trees of this variety have stood twenty years In 
Johnson County, Iowa, without protection, having withstood 32 degrees be- 
low zero unharmed; has produced crops of fruit on an average of every other 
year for this time; fruit is medium size, large specimens having measured 
SV> and 9 inches in circumference; color, yellow inside and'out, without any 
blush; pit very small; ripens about September 10th. We regard this variety 
as most promising for success in I.inn County. 4 to 6 feet, 35c; 4 to 5 feet, 30c. 
LEIGH — This is of Linn County origin and has a great record, for productive- 
ness. The original tree produced eight measured bushels of fine fruit at one 
picking. Some one-year-old trees we sold four years ago produced three to 
four bushels of fruit this past season. Fruit large, fine specimens measure 
10% to 11V> inches in circumference and weigh 10% ounces, handsomely 
blushed with white flesh, very sweet and juicy meat. Ripens last of 
August. Price. 4 to 5 feet, 30c; 3 to 4 feet, 25c. 
WOLF'S LONE TREE SEEDLING — A seedling of the Lone Tree peach, Its 
equal in size and quality with the addition of a bright red cheek, and ten 
davs earlier in ripening. Tree fully as hardy as its parent and very pro- 
ductive. One of the most promising in our list. Price, 4 to 5 feet, 50c; 3 to 
4 feet, 40c. 
PIERPOINT — A Linn County seedling of great promise and apparently hardier 
than the average run of peaches. A large yellow free stone with red cheek 
and white flesh, juicy and of excellent quality. Pit very small. Ripe fore 
part of September. Price, 3 to 4 feet, 30c. 
YOCUM'S CLING — A large, yellow cling stone with very marked suture. Vig- 
orous and hardy. Middle of September. Price, 3 to 4 feet, 25c. 
The following list of unnamed peaches, designated by No., originated with 
a Mr. Bednar of this county from a single' seed. The one designated as No. 
2 will hereafter be called Bednar: , 
B. NO. 1 A large greenish free stone, oblong and pointed. Flesh white, sweet 
and juicv. Last of September. This is a very valuable peach. Price, 3 to 
4 feet, 30c. 
BEDNAR <Ii. No. 2.) — A large oblong, yellow free stone of splendid quality. 
Tree hardy and verv productive for four seasons past. One of the most val- 
uable acquisitions to our peach list. Price 3 to 4 feet, 40c. 
B. NO. 4 — A very large, yellow free stone with bright red cheek. Price, 3 to 4 
feet, 25c. 
B. no. 5 A large, green free stone. Thrifty, hardy and productive. Last of 
September. Price, 3 to 4 feet, 25c. 
B. NO. 6 — A large, vellow cling stone. September 15th. Price, 3 to 4 feet, 
25c. 
B NO. 7 A large, late cling stone with a delicious flavor and fragrance, mak- 
ing It most excellent for culinary purposes. Flesh very firm and will keep 
almost like a winter apple. The latest peach in our list and the most val- 
uable of the clings. Price, 3 to 4 feet, 30c. 
