Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and Ornamentals. 
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SELECT PEACHES. 
In planting Peaches, cut back trees severely. This is of the highest importance. The 
trunk should be i-educed about one-third, and the side branches cut back to one bud. This 
lessens the denuind upon the roots, and enables the remaining buds to push more vigorously. 
Peach fruit is produced on wood of the last season's growth, hence the necessity for keep- 
ing uj) a good supply of vigorous amuial shoots all over the tree. Keep the ground clean 
and mellow around the trees. Keep the heads low— the trunks ought not to exceed 3 feet in 
height. Every snring prune and shorten the shoots of the previous'year's growth ; thus keep 
the head round, fiMl, and well furnished with bearing wood. Cut weak shoots back about 
one-h.-df, strong ones one-third ; but .see that vou have a suflicient supply of fruit-buds. 
Alexander. Deep red on greenish white. 
Flesh white. Season late July. Fruit about 
metiiuiu size. Flesh whitish, sometimes 
stained ne.\t the skin ; half melting, juicy and 
sweet Stone small, and adheres but slightly. 
Tree healthy and vigorous, remarkably pro- 
lilic. and bears young. Clood market Peach. 
Introduced from Illinois. 
Amsden. Ked. Flesh light color. Season 
late July. Fruit medium size, roundish. Skin 
shaded and mottled red. Flesh light colored, 
melting, juicy, very good quality, adhering to 
the stone, 'i'ree \'igorous and productive. 
Beer's Smock. Orange-red on yellow. 
Flesh yellow. Season first part of October. 
Fruit large, oval, well calculated for distant 
market shipment. Flesh bright yelkiw, reel 
at stone, moderately juicy, rich I'rcestone. 
Valuable for drying purposes and for canning. 
Tree vigorous. One of the most valuable 
late Peaches. A seedling of the okl Smock 
l-'rce. Origin, New Jersey. 
Crosby. Yellow, splashed red. Flesh yel- 
low. Season middle of September. It unques- 
tionably is one of the hardiest Peaches of 
good (iiuility. It has borne immense ci'ops 
where other kinds in the saiue orchard were 
killed. The fruit is full medium size, round- 
ish in form, slightly flattened ; with a distinct 
seam on the blossom end. Color orange-yel- 
low, splashed and striped with carnune. 
Flesh is yellow, with red at the pit, firm, 
moderately juicy, an<l of good quality. Stone 
very small. Tree an enormous bearer. Has 
been tested for ten years in the bleakest parts 
of New England, and has proved itself to 
be first-class in every way. Originated in 
Billerica, Mass. 
Champion. White, red cheek. Flesh 
white. Season August. F'ruit grows very 
large, many specimens measuring 10 inches 
in circumference. Color a creamy white, 
with red cheek. Flesh white ; flavor delicious, 
sweet, rich :ind juicy. Tree verv hardy and 
productive. Its record covers withstanding 
a temperature of 18 degrees below zero, and 
of bearing a heavy crop in 1S90, when there 
was an almost total failure of the Peach crop 
on account of the extreme cold. A good 
shipper. Comes from Illinois. 
Crawford Early. Red. Flesh yellow. 
Season early September. Fruit very large, 
handsome. Color a beautiful, showy yellow 
and red cheek. Flesh deep yellow, very juicy 
and rich, and of spleiulid flavor. A magnifi- 
cent large yellow Peach of splendid quality. 
A variety most desirable and well deserving 
of its great popularity, for its size of fruit, 
beauty of color, and productiveness make it 
one of the most popular orchard and " home- 
use" varieties. A perfect freestone. Tree 
is very productive. Origin, New Jersey. 
