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Peaches — Freestone — Continued 
Early Imperial (New)— Originated with Mr. W. W. Smith, of Vacaville. Supposed to be the earliest 
yellow freestone. Fruit large, deep yellow with dark red cheek; flesh rich and very firm. Tree free from 
curl. Ripens about two weeks ahead of Early Crawford. 
Yellow St. John — Large, orange yellow, with deep red cheek; juicy, sweet and highly flavored. 
Iliglily prized in Solano, Placer and Fresno counties. 
_ Hale's Early— Medium to large, nearly round ; skin greenish, mostly covered with red when ripe; flesh 
white, melting, juicy, ricli and sweet. Fairly good for local market and shipping. Extensively grown. 
Strawberry — Medium size, oval; skin marbled with deep red; flesh white. An excellent variety. 
Foster— Large, yellow, very rich and juicy. Ripens a few days before Early Crawford, which it resembles. 
Early Crawford — This is probably the most extensively grown of all peaches. Very large; color yellow, 
red clieek ; flesh yellow, ricli, excellent. Very productive. 
Mary's Choice— Resembling Early Crawford, but ripening later. Grown extensively in Alameda, Butte, 
Santa Clara and Solano counties. 
Elberta--Very large; skin golden yellow where exposed to the sun, faintly striped with red ; flesh yellow, 
very fine grain, juicy, ricb, sweet and of excellent flavor. Grown extensively in the East, whence it comes 
recommended as an excellent shipping variety. 
Newhall — Originated at San Jose. Very large ; skin yellow with dark red cheek; flesh deep yellow, juicy 
and of rich vinous flavor. Ripens about one week before Late Crawford. 
Late Crawford — Very large ; roundish, yellow, with dark red cheek ; flesh deep yellow, juicy, melting 
and of rich, excellent flavor. Popular and an extensively grown variety ; very subject, liowever, to curl leaf in 
certain localities. 
Muir — The best of all peaches for drying, because it loses less than any other in the process. Has a 
<lelicious, rich, buttery, sweet flavor. The fruit is large to very large; skin pure yellow ; flish yellow. Excel- 
lent for canning. 
Susquehanna— A large, hand-iorae variety, nearly globular; skin rich yellow, with beautiful red cheek; 
flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, with a rich vinous flavor. 
Piequet's Late— Large to very large. Round, sometimes a little flattened; skin yellow with a red cheek; 
flesh yellow, melting, sweet, rich and perfumed. A very desirable late peach. 
Salway — A large, yellow, English peach, with deep yellow flesh; very juicy, melting and rich. The most 
valuable lute market variety. 
Wonderful— Extra large; color light yellow, largely overspread with vivid carmine; flesh a rich light 
golden yellow, solid, of fine texture, very sweet, rich and lucious, colored at the pit. Good keeper. 
Peaches — Clingstone 
Ripening nearly in order named. 
Tnskena (wrongly called Tuscan or Tustin Cling in this State)— Very large; yellow. The earliest fine 
cling variety; largely planted in interior valleys and foothills; very valuable for early shipping ; rijjens about 
same time as Early Crawford. « 
Blood Cling (Indian Red) — Large; skin-deep claret, with deep red veins; downy; flesh deep red; very 
juicy. A peculiar looking sort. 
Chinese— Very large; oblong, creamy while, mottled; flesh white, juicy and of high flavor. 
Lemon— Large; lemon-shaped; skin fine yellow ; flesh firm, yellow, with rich sprightly flavor; slightly 
red at the pit. 
Sellers— Very large ; lich golden color. One of the be'St of clings, but a rather shy bearer. This, how- 
•ever, is offset by the generous size of the fruit. Ripens about the same lime as La e Crawford. 
Rnnyon's Orange— Very large; yellow, with a dark crimson cheek; rich, sugary and vinous. Superior 
to the old Orange Cling. 
Nichols' Orange— Large; yellow, with purple cheek; flesh yellow and good. Good grower and heavy 
bearer. Worthy of extensive culture. 
McKevitt's— Very large; flesli very firm, finegrained, sugary and rich; white to the pit. Excellent for 
shipping or canning. Tree remarkably strong in growth and free from disease. V^ry generally cultivated. 
California — Very large ; round, regular ; color orange, almost completely covered with dark rich red ; 
flesh deep yellow; flavor delicate, rich and vinous. 
Heath — Described by Downing as the best of all clingstones. Very large; skin downy, creamy white, 
with faint blush of red. Especially adaptel to interior regions or places free from curl. 
MeDevitt's — Uniformly large; rich, golden yellow, turning red when ripe; flesh very firm and solid and 
of superior flavor. Excellent shipper. Tree regular bearer. 
Heiiriclta— A m.agnificeut yellow cling of largest size; skin mostly covered with bright crimson. 
Hardy, productive and ripens late. 
