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Peaches 
Hardy Peaches are one of our leading specialties. The list of varieties we offer 
is the result of years of experimenting in endeavoring to find varieties hardy enough 
to endure the trying Iowa winters. Our greatest success has been with varieties 
originating here in Iowa. The following list cannot be excelled for hardiness. We 
do not claim that Peach trees are as hardy as plum and apple, but they have suc- 
ceeded in living through our most severe winters. While they may be more or less 
injured by an occasional trying winter, yet by proper pruning and cutting back 
they will out grow their injuries and continue to bear profitable crops of fruit. 
Our Peach trees are budded upon the hardiest stock in existence, namely, 
seedlings 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. 
Prices of Peach. 
. Each to TOO 
Five to six feet I0.30 $2.75 $25.00 
Four- to five feet 25 2 .oo 18.00 
Three to four feet 20 1.50 14.00 
Arctic — Large, yellow, red cheeked; flesh yellow, good; free stone. October- 
A hardy peach in both tree and fruit bud. 
Bailey — Friday Seedling. Medium size, whitish with fed 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 every five years. 
Banner — A Canadian variety; medium to large, deep yellow with crimson 
cheeks; free stone. Flesh yellow, rich, firm and very good. September. 
Bednar — Originated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Large, oblong, yellow, free stone; 
very good. September. 
Bokara No. 3— Medium to large, free stone; yellow with red cheek; flesh yel- 
low, 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 1 
good. Vigorous and moderately hardy. September. 
Leigh— Originated in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Large, white with red blush, free 
stone. Flesh white, very sweet, juicy and good. August. The original trees have 
produced as many as right bushels at a crop. This season's experience with this 
variety, again confirms our opinion that its fruit buds are as hardy as those of any 
variety we have. 
