W. E. Strong & Co., Sacramento, Cal. 
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PEACHES, 
In order to secure healthy and vigorous trees it is necessary to prune severely. 
Their tendency in this State is to develop an immense number of fruit buds, and as 
they are not destroyed by frost, they produce more fruit than the tree can mature* 
The consequence is it is small and interior. The tree should be trained low and 
pruned regularly every year. By this practice the breaking of limbs is avoided, and 
the fruit grows much larger and finer.. Many new varieties have been produced in 
the past lew years, so that the fruiting season has been materially lengthened. The 
following list contains most of the valuable kinds, but the period of ripening varies 
so much in different localities that the time given can only be considered approximate. 
Good peach trees are scarce this season. 
PRICE OP TREES — Leading Varieties. 
1 year. No. 1—4 to 6 feet $0 2.'5 $2 00 S18 00 $160 
1 year. No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet, new and rare kinds 35 3 00 25 00 ... 
JUNE BUDS. 
1st class, 2 to 3 feet 20 1 75 15 00 120 
2d class, 114 to 2 feet 12 1 00 9 00 80 
Only have June buds of Early Crawford, Tuscan Cling and Stilson. Dormant 
buds of all the kinds on list. 
Dormant buds in quantity at special rates ; prices on applicatirn. 
FItKKSTOXKS. 
Yellow St. Johns — A fine yellow freestone, very much like the Early Crawford, and 
ripens a little earlier. Shipping qualities not yet tested by us. 
Brigg’s Red May— Fruit nedium to large, deep red cheek, tlesh firm, good market 
variety; 1st June. 
Waterloo —Medium size, deep red, early. 
Alexander — Medium size, white flesh, with clear red cheek ; ripens here 10th, 
June. 
Early Rivers— Large early peach, white with red cheeks, half cling, tender and 
juicy, good flavor. 
*Hale’s Early — Medium to large, white with red cheek, one of the best market 
varieties; ripens here 10th to 20th June. 
Foster — A magnificent large, yellow peach, red cheek, good flavor ; July. 
♦Early Crawford — A magnificent large, yellow peach, too well known to need any 
description from us ; 1st July. 
Late Crawford — Much the same as Early Crawford, but ripening two weeks later. 
Jones' Seedling — Origin, Sacramento ; large, yellow flesh, with red cheek, excellent 
flavor ; 10th of August. 
♦Susquehanna— Very large yellow peach, red cheek, of best quality ; July. 
Keyport White — A. large white peach, with red cheek, good for shipping, canning 
or drying; last of August. 
Ward’s Late Free — Large white flesh peach, good for canning ; September. 
♦Salway — Large yellow peach, dull red cheek, good flavor, superior market variety; 
1st September. 
♦Bilyeu’s Late October — Large, white flesh, red cheek, very flue flavor, good ship- 
per ; ripens 20th October, tree strong grower, doesn’t curl, freestone, does best in 
foothills. 
Wheatland— A large yellow free, bright red cheek, ripening a little later than Late 
Crawford ; bids fair to be one of our best peaches. 
Wager — A large yellow tree, with pale red cheek, flesh quite dry, one of the best 
for drying, probably as good as the Muir. 
Muir — Almost a fac-simile of the Wager, a little higher color ; an excellent peach 
for drying. 
Stilson (California Seedling)— A very large, yellow fleshed peach, bright red cheeks, 
with dark crimson stripes, one of the very best market sorts ; ripens two weeks later 
than Late Crawford. 
Boquier (California Seedling) — .A very large yellow peach, w'ith blight red cheeks 
excellent flavor, good shipper, freestone ; 1st September. 
