Neosho, Missouri 
PEACHES 
CHAMPION An exceptionally high quality, hardy 
(White Freestone) white peach. Champion has long been 
(Midseason) known as a white-fleshed peach par ex- 
cellence in quality. It is not a good 
shipper, but the tree is almost perfect in every respect, and 
this with its quality makes it an ideal peach for ho me use anij 
local markets. 
CROSBY 
(Yellow Freestone) 
(Late) 
The best quality late peach for North- 
ern planting. Noted for its hardiness 
in tree and bud. Golden-orange color; 
firm but tender; very good quality; 
medium -size. A good canner. 
EARLY ELBERTA 
(Yellow Freestone) 
(Midseason) 
Very large, high quality, lemon-yellow 
peach. Flesh is fine-grained, sweet; 
for home use and local rharket. Tree is 
a strong grower of Elberta type. A 
good bearer under favorable conditions; moderately hardy. 
EARLY ROSE The best early peach. Flesh is 
(Red and White Clingstone) tender and has a delicious, rich, 
(Early) sweet flavor; dark-red color, 
almost like a cherry — qualities 
lacking in other early peaches. It has a fragrant aroma be- 
yond all comparison with any other vaiieties. The tree is a 
very hardy and dependable bearer. It is a medium grower, 
rather stdcky. and, while in no sense a dwarf, it never at- 
tains a great size, like the Belle or Carman. Grown by the 
carload for a number of years, it fruited for ten years in 
succession without a single failure. The best early peach for 
home use or commercial planting. 
ELBERTA Elberta is a very large golden-yellow 
(Yellow Freestone) peach, nearly covered with crimson on 
(Midseason) the sunny cheek; flesh is firm, rich, 
yellow, fair quality. Tree is a moder- 
ately vigorous grower, very productive, yielding large quan- 
tities of uniform, highly colored fruit; moderately hardy in 
wood and bud, but its adaptability to all soils, its prolific 
bearing, large size, splendid shipping qualities, and the ten- 
dency to color well before fully mature have made it the great 
market peach. 
Early Bose — The highest quality, most beautitul early peach. 
HEATH CLING 
(White Clingstone) 
(Very Late) 
The latest-ripening peach grown. The 
best for pickles and presei vcs. Widely 
planted in the Central and Southern 
States, where the season is long enoujih 
for it to reach maturity. It is a creamy white, with veiy 
firm, meaty, but tender and sweet flesh. Large size and un- 
usually good keeper and shipper. Can be stored until late 
in the autumn. Tree is one of the largest and healthiest and 
hardiest varieties known. 
HILEY 
(White Freestone) 
(Midseason) 
Hiley is the earliest commercial free- 
stone white-fleshed peach; better in 
quality than most of its competitors; 
very closely resembles its parent. Belle 
of Georgia. Flesh is firm, sweet, good quality; a very good 
shipper; often requires several pickings. Tree is medium 
size, open, spreading, not quite so fast a grower as the Belle 
of Georgia; hardy; productive. 
ILLINOIS 
(White Freestone) 
(Midseason) 
Similar to Champion, but larger, better 
quality and a better shipper. Exfcep- 
tionally good for home use and for mar- 
ket. It is a creamy white color with a 
dark red crimson cheek; firm flesh, juicy, very sweet, and 
of high quality; large size. Tree is an upright, spreading 
grower, moderately vigorous; hardj . 
ELBERTA CLING The best yellOw 
(Yellow Clingstone) clingstone; especially 
(Midseason) fine for canning, 
preserving and pick- 
ling; large, yellow, round, good for des- 
sert. Tree is a strong, vigorous grower, 
hardy and productive. 
EUREKA 
(White Freestone) 
(Early) 
V'ery large for an 
early peach ; g o o d 
quality; white with 
a distinct red blush 
on one side; round; flesh is tender, but 
firm. Tree is above the average size, 
spreading, hardy, a,id exceptionally pro- 
ductive. 
GREENSBORO 
(White Semi-freestone) 
(Early) 
Second earliest 
ripening peach; 
larger than the 
Mayflower. It 
is a handsome creamy white, oblong oval 
peach; fair in quality as compared with 
later varieties. Tree is a strong, vigorous V , , . 
grower; bears young. Succeeds every- ^\'\'^ 
where. Rather delicate for distant *'V\iVivu\,... 
shipping. 
A halt-bushel basket of J. H. Rale peaches. 
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