ORCHARD AND GARDEN. 
VOL. XI. 
AUGUST, 1889. 
NO. 8 
Lovett’s Wliite Peacli, 
Beyond doubt a host of peach growers 
will hail with delight the advent of this 
new variety, for in it are united many qual- 
ities desired. Fine white peaches are al- 
ways in demand and desirable, especially 
late in the season, and they invariably com- 
mand good prices. The old Crockett’s Late 
White was one of the most popular white 
peaches of its day and remained so until it 
mildewed and cracked so badly as to render 
it unmarketable. The 
same may be said of 
several other white 
varieties that have 
been popular in the 
past, the fungi which 
causes the fruit to 
crack and mildew be- 
ing the great enemies 
of white peaches. 
Ford's White is in- 
deed a valuable sort 
and merits the promi- 
nence and popularity 
it has so quickly at- 
tained, yet it lacks 
size and is not so late 
as is desirable. What 
is needed is a large, 
handsome peach, of 
pure white color, ex- 
empt from mildew 
and which does not 
crack, with white 
flesh and white at the 
stone, firm, of good 
quality, a freestone, a 
good growing tree, a 
regular cropper, pro- 
lific and ripening very 
late. Assuredly this 
is a great deal to be 
asked for in one peach. And yet they may 
nearly all be found in the old Late White 
Heath or Heath Cling, the greatest excep- 
tion being the clinging of its flesh to the 
stone, and even with this drawback it is 
exceedingly popular in many sections. 
This is especially so of late years since oth- 
er late white varieties have so universally 
been affected by the fungi referred to. The 
time is therefore ripe for the advent of a 
variety possessing the properties of the 
Heath Cling with the additional merit of 
being a freestone. After thorough testing 
in New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut and 
Massachusetts, we are confident that in 
Lovett's White we have the peach desired, 
for it posseses every quality demanded in 
the ideal white peach, with the additional 
merit of an ironclad tree. In brief it may 
be described as follows: Season very late; 
color pure white; very large; splendid form, 
with indistinct suture; does not crack and 
is exceptionally free from spots or mildew. 
It is a long keeper; the flesh being firm, 
sweet and excellent and parts from the pit 
perfectly. It has the size and all the mer- 
its of Heath Cling, ripens with it and is 
handsomer, hardier, of better quality, and 
a more abundant and regular bearer. 
Notes for August. 
There is more complaint of leaf and twig- 
blight this year than common. These 
blights are caused bv fungi which mostly 
delight in a moist atmosphere with a tem- 
perature not much above 80 deg. ; some re- 
Lovett's White Peach. Fig. 6. 
quire a temperature for rapid propagation 
much lower. Few can stand over 100 deg. 
for any length of time without serious, if 
not fatal injury. Hence in hot, dry sum- 
mers the losses by rot, blight and mildew 
are at a minimum, and during wet and 
muggy seasons they increase beyond rem- 
edy. 
We wish to impress the fact upon all our 
readers who reside where severe winters 
prevail that late cultivation of fruit trees 
produces late growth, and largely increases 
the chances of Winter killing. All trees 
should enter the Winter with well ripened 
wood and fruit buds. This will make the 
chances of the fruit crop the following year 
much more certain. Both immature wood 
and fruit buds decrease the chances for 
fruit. We also advise the use of all ma- 
nures, especially stable manures, in Winter 
as early as convenient and never in late 
Summer and early Fall. These suggestions 
may not be deemed very important but 
they are the foundation of successful fruit 
culture in many locations. 
Pears should be picked early, house-rip- 
ened, and sent to market in good shape. An 
exception to this rule is that very early 
fruit which may in an imperfect condition 
reach a better market by reason of its earli- 
ness, than would be gained by its good 
quality. Early picking improves the qual- 
ity of most pears and relieves the tree of its 
load and allows it time to mature buds for 
the next year’s fruit- 
ing. Some pears will 
bear full crops annu- 
ally if picked early, 
that would hardly 
yield a crop if the 
fruit remained on the 
tree until very late. A 
very good plan to in- 
crease the profits is to 
carefully gc over the 
tree and pick the best 
for market continuing 
to do so until the 
whole crop is market- 
ed. It is very ex- 
hausting to the tree, 
and may cost next 
year’s crop; but if 
pears are selling at a 
very high price it is 
worth taking some 
risks. 
Among the coining 
pears we would name 
the Idaho. It is a new 
variety, but well 
worthy of trial. We 
have watched it for 
three years. Its hard- 
iness, good quality, 
ripening at a desirable season, two weeks 
alter the Bartlett, good growth, and abund- 
ant dark green foliage give it a promise of 
being valuable. It is of large size, speci- 
mens weighing a pound or over, and irreg- 
ular in form, inclining to obovate. The va- 
riety is not yet advertised, we think. 
The details of budding have been so often 
given that we forbear giving them at this 
time. There are some suggestions we offer, 
however. It is usually best to bud on the 
North side of the stock unless the bud is 
well shaded. When the period of budding 
is dry it is sometimes a good plan to bank 
the earth around the tree to be budded. 
This will in a few days usually make the 
bark slip easily wnen the sod is removed. 
We would bud all fruits that we desire 
