ish; surface yellow, with a broad dark red 
cheek. Flesh deep yellow, very juicy, rich, of 
good flavor. Tree jjroductive. What is said 
of the Early Crawford can lie repeated of this 
variety. In color, size, quality, and for general 
all-around good points, our two Crawfords are 
fine fellows, and will please. For home u.se or 
market, they can be depended upon. Origin, 
New Jersey. 
Fitzgerald. 
Crosby. Yellow, splashed red. Flesh yel- 
low. Season middle of September. It unques- 
tionably i.s one of the hardiest Peaches of good 
quality. It has borne immense crops where 
other kinds in the same orchard were killed. 
The fruit is full medium size, roundish in form, 
slightly flattened ; with a distinct seam on the 
blossom end. Color orange-yellow, splashed 
and striped with carmine. Flesh is yellow, 
with red at the pit, firm, moderately juicy, and 
of good (juality. 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 cla.ss in every 
way. Originated in Billerica, Mass. 
Early Rivers. Creamy white, pink shaded. 
Flesh light. Season late July. Fruit large size, 
roundish. Color creamy white, shaded with 
pink. Flesli light, soft, melting, rich. English 
origin. 
Early York. Red. Flesh light. Season mid- 
dle to last of August. Fruit large, roundish. 
Skin nearly white in the .shade, with red dots 
and with a deei> red cheek to the sun. Flesh 
nearly white, fine-grained, very juicy, excellent 
flavor. Called "Honest ,lohn" by some. 
Elberta. , Red. Flesh yellow. Season latter 
part of September and early October. Fruit 
above average in size, round. Skin golden yel- 
low, covered with a bright crimson blush; very 
handsome. Flesh pale ! yellow, tender, juicy, 
good quality. Entirely freestone. Elberta. 
fruit can be gathered before it is ripe, and it 
will ripen up without rotting. A remarkably 
profitable market sort. Is being heavily planted, 
for orchards. Bears transportation well. Tre& 
vigorous, hardy, and comes into fruiting young. 
Origin, Georgia. 
Early Canada. White and red. 
Flesh white. Season July. Fruit of 
good size, firm quality, and handsome 
appearance. Its earliness, and the 
fact that the fruit cleaves from 
the stone, almost as thoroughly as- 
later varieties, make an unusual de- 
mand for this Peach. Origin, Jor- 
dan, Canada. 
Fitzgerald. Yellow and red. 
Flesh yellow. Season Middle Septem- 
ber. Origin, Oakville, Ontario, Can- 
ada, outside the "Canadian Peach 
Helt," in a cold section, where Peach 
growing as a business was never 
made profitalile with other varieties, 
but where Fitzgei'ald proves suita- 
bly hardy. Fitzgerald commences to 
bear fruit young. Fruit very large 
size, larger than Early Crawford ; 
classed among the best for good 
quality of fruit. In bearing quali- 
^ ties, Fitzgerald ranks with the heav- 
iest crojipers. One strong point is^ 
the smallness of the pit. Messrs, 
S. & W. Collinson, Toronto, Canada, 
who are among the largest and most experi- 
enced growers, say of Fitzgerald : 
" I consider the Fitzgerald crops at least 2^ 
per cent, heavier than the.se other sorts. Ow- 
ing to theininieu.se size of the Peacli, it requires 
but half as inauy to till the basket as it does of 
the other varielie*^ ; therefore, it is most profit- 
able in that respect. It has lirought me prices 
three times as high as t he ordinary .sorts. The- 
rich flavor of the Peach and its handsome color- 
ing make it a sure seller. 
"Even this .vear, when there was such a flat 
on the market, when common kinds were- 
bringing 20 cents a basket, I was able to get 50 
and GO cents for my Fitzgeralds. 
"During the Peach season I shipped, in two 
week's time, about ten carloads of peaches, 
from which you know I am no novice in the- 
matter, and niy experience in this line of fruit 
leads me to say that Fitzgerald stands at the 
very head of the list as a profitable variety." 
Foster. Yellow, red cheeked. Flesh yel- 
low. Season early to middle September. Re- 
semliles Early Crawford in general character 
and appearance, and is sai(i to be a seed- 
ling of that popular variety. Ripens with 
Early Crawford. Originated in Ma.ssacliusetts. 
Greensboro. Red. Flesh white. Season 
extremely early. Fruit medium to large size. 
Color red, shaded with yellow. Flesh white, 
juicy, good. Mr. J. \'an Lindley, of North 
Carolina, states : 
"While I was shipping Alexander, not one- 
third of which were ripe, I visited the original 
Greensboro tree ; the tree was loivded witli 
fruit colored beautifully, uniformly large, av- 
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