Center Point, Iowa 
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Peaches 
We have given much attention to collecting a list of the hardiest peaches and 
believe the list we describe cannot be excelled for hardiness. Varieties originating 
here in Iowa have generally been most successful. We do not claim them to be hardy 
like apples and plums. They may be mostly killed in a test winter and often injured 
but will quickly outgrow their injuries and generally bear three years out of five. 
Our peach trees are budded upon the hardiest stock in existence, namely, seed- 
lings produced from seed of the Bailey peach grown here in Linn county. Plant them 
about a foot deeper than they stood in the nursery, so that if the tree is ever killed 
back to the ground it will throw up a sprout from above where it was budded and 
thus renew the tree. 
ItUMMCl] No. 1. 
Bailey (Friday Seedling)— Medium size; 
whitish with red cheek; flesh white; 
juicy; sweet and good. Pit very small 
and free. September. This variety has 
been grown in Iowa for over seventy 
years and has averaged three crops ev- 
ery five years. 
Bnnner — A Canadian variety; medium to 
large; deep yellow with crimson cheek: 
good. September. 
free stone. Flesh yellow, rich, firm and 
Bokarn No. 3 — Medium to large; free stone- 
yellow with red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy 
and good. September. A hardy variety 
from Asia. 
Champion — Large; creamy white with red 
cheek; flesh white, very sweet, juicy and 
rich. August. One of the best and 
hardiest of the early varieties. 
Elberta— Very large; yellow with red 
blush; free stone; flesh yellow; juicy 
and good. Vigorous and moderately 
hardy. September. 
Leigh— Originated in Mt. Vernon. Iowa. 
Large; white with red blush; free stone. 
l<lesh white, very sweet, juicy, and good. 
August. The original trees have pro- 
duced as many as eight bushels at a crop. 
Lone Tree — Originated in Johnson county, 
Iowa. Medium to large, golden yellow; 
flesh yellow, juicy, rich and of the very 
best quality. Pit very small and free. 
September. 
R< i bin ,?~ A I . ocaI variety of much promise. 
Medium size; yellow and red free stone; 
flesh light yellow, sweet and good. This 
is the earliest variety of the list, ripen- 
ing the last of July or first of August. 
Russell No. 1 — Medium size, whitish with 
red cheek; pit small and free. Flesh 
greenish-white, juicy and good. Middle 
of August to September. One of the 
very hardiest and most profitable vari- 
eties. 
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