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ILLUSTRA TED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
NAME. 
DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON . 
Cooledge’s Favorite 
Large White, with crimson cheek ; flesh pale, very melting 
Middle to end of 
and juicy, with a rich, sweet and high flavor • beautiful 
and excellent. Productive. 
August. 
Crawford’s Early. 
This very beautiful and best of yellow peaches is highly 
Last of August. 
esteemed for market purposes. Fruit yery large, oblong ; 
skin yellow, with fine red cheek ; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet 
and excellent. Wonderfully productive and hardy. 
Crawford’s Late. 
Fruit of the largest size ; skin yellow or greenish yellow, with 
Last of Sept. 
dull red cheek ; flesh yellow ; productive. One of the finest 
late sorts. 
Downing. 
A seedling produced by H. M. Engle, of Lancaster County, 
Middle to end of 
Pennsylvania, from an attempt to hybridize Hale’s Early 
Peach with an Apricot. Fruit medium ; greenish white, 
July. 
nearly covered and mottled with red ; flesh white, juicy, 
melting and sweet. 
Early Beatrice. 
A new variety, of fair size, handsome appearance, and very 
Beginning of 
good quality. Color white, beautifully marbled with bright 
red ; has ripened fully two weeks before the Hale’s Early, 
August. 
and is remarkably free from rot. Many hundred bushels 
of this variety have been sold at very high prices in New 
York and Philadelphia markets, fully establishing its char- 
acter as a most valuable market fruit. 
Early Canada. 
This wonderful early Peach is a native of Jordan, Province of 
Middle to end of 
Ontario, Canada, a chance seedling brought out by the 
late A. H. High. Ripens one month before Crawford’s 
' July. 
Early. Good samples measure over seven inches in cir- 
cumference ; unusually hardy for a Peach. 
Early Louise. 
Larger than Early Beatrice ; a few days later, but of higher 
Middle of Aug. 
quality ; good medium size ; flesh melting, juicy and excel- 
lent ; but little if any less valuable than the former. 
Early Rivers. 
Another new variety ; large, light straw color, with delicate 
End of August. 
pink cheek ; flesh juicy and melting, with very rich flavor. 
Ripens close after the Louise, and one or two weeks earlier 
than Hale’s. 
Early York. 
Medium size, greenish white, covered in the sun with dull red ; 
Middle of Aug. 
flesh greenish white, very tender. 
Early Silver. 
Large, melting and rich, with the vinous flavor of the White 
Early in Sept. 
Nectarine, its parent One of the best. 
Foster. 
Originated in Medford, Mass. Large; deep orange red, be- 
Last rf August. 
coming very dark red on the sunny side ; flesh yellow, very 
rich and juicy, with sub-acid flavor. Earlier than Early 
Crawford. Very handsome. 
Garfield, or Brigdon 
A new Peach originated in Cayuga Co., N. Y. Flesh yellow, 
Middle of Sept. 
very rich and juicy ; color deep orange red, becoming dark 
red on the exposed side ; very attractive ; foliage large, 
green, glossy and peculiar. 
George IV. 
Large white, with red cheek ; melting, juicy and delicious. 
Last of August. 
Moderate bearer. 
Honest John. 
Medium to large ; yellow ; flesh vellow and of good quality. 
First of Sept. 
Tree vigorous and productive. 
Hale’s Early. 
Fruit medium size, skin clear, smooth, white, delicately mar- 
Last of July. 
bled with bright and dark red on the sunny side; flesh very 
melting, juicy, and high flavored. 
Hill’s Chili. 
Medium size, dull yellow, tree very hardy, a good bearer • 
Last of Sept. 
highly esteemed as a market fruit in Western Michigan. 
Jacques’ Rareripe. 
Very large, deep yellow ; has a high reputation. 
Last of August 
Large Early York. 
Large, white, with a red cheek fine grained, very juicy, rich 
Last of August. 
and delicious ; vigorous and productive ; one of the best. 
Lord Palmeston. 
Very large ; skin creamy white, with a pink cheek ; flesh firm, 
yet melting ; very juicy and rich. 
September. 
Middle of Sept. 
Morris White. 
Medium, straw color, tinged with red ; juicy and delicious ; 
productive. 
