C. W. Stuart 4 Company, Nurserymen 
Select Peaches 
IN PLANTING Peaches, cut back the trees severely. This is of the highest importance. 
The trxmk should be reduced about one-third, and the side branches back to one bud. 
This lessens the, demand 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 keeping up a good supply of vigorous annual shoots all over the tree. Keep the ground 
clean and mellow around the trees. Keep the heads low— the trunk ought not to exceed 3 
feet m height. Every spring prune and shorten the shoots of the previous year s growth; 
thus keepi£g the head round, full, and well furnished with beanng wood. Cut weak shoots 
back about one-half, strong ones, one-third; but see that you have a sufficient supply of fruit 
buds. 
tober. Fruit large, oval, well calculated 
for distant market shipment. Flesh 
bright yellow, red at stone, moderately 
juicy, rich. Freestone. Valuable for dry- 
ing purposes and for canning. Tree vigor- 
ous. One of the most valuable late 
Peaches. A seedling of the old Smock 
Free. Origin, New Jersey. 
Admiral Dewey. Freestone. Skin a deep 
orange yellow, with crimson cheek; flesh 
clear yellow of uniform color and tex- 
ture to the stone; juicy, melting quality; 
ripens with Triumph; one of the best early 
freestones. 
Alexander. Deep red on greenish white. 
Flesh white. Season late July. Fruit 
about medium size. Flesh whitish, some- 
times stained next the skin; half molting, 
juicy and sweet. Stone small, and ad- 
heres but slightly. Tree healthy and 
vigorous, prolific, bears young. Intro- 
duced from Illinois. 
Amsden. Fruit medium size, color red, 
beautifully shaded and mottled with a 
very dark red, nearly covering the green- 
ish white ground; flesh white, with a 
delicious flavor when ripened on the 
tree. Ripens very early. 
Belle of Georgia. Very large; skin white, 
with red cheek; flesh white, firm and 
excellent flavor; the fruit is uniformly 
large and showy; very prolific bearer. A 
seedling of Chinese Cling. 
Beer's Smock. Orange red on yellow. 
Flesh ydlow. Season first part of Oc- 
Carman. Red. Flesh yellow. Eariy. The 
Carman (named after the late editor of 
the Rural New Yorker) is described by 
that valuable paper as follows: 
"Promises to stand at the head for a 
general long distance, profitable market 
variety. One of the hardiest in bud. 
The early bearing habit of the Carman 
is remarkable. In quality ranking abso- 
lutely superior to anything ripening at 
the same season. In its shipping qual- 
ities — in freedom from rot — this excellent 
Peach is unsurpassed." 
The originator reported, "six regular 
crops from the original tree in as many 
years." Season very early; size large, 
and just about half the Peach is striped 
and mottled with crimson, the rest being 
in hght buflf color. 
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