A. B. Hood O Co.’s Descriptive C&talogue 
SELECT PEACHES, continued 
Rivers. (Karly Rivers. ) One of Rivers’ 
seedlings, introduced from England ; 
large, color pale straw, with a delicate 
pink cheek ; flesh melting or rather dis- 
solving, with a rich, racy flavor. Ripens 
ten days later than Early Beatrice. The 
best Reach of its season. 
Red Cheek Nelocoton. A famous old 
well-known and popular variety, e.\len- 
sively cultivated as a market fruit ; fruit 
large ; skin yellow, with a deep red cheek ; 
flesh red at the stone ; juicy, with a good 
rich, vinous flavor ; productive ; free- 
stone. .Middle of .August. 
Reeves' Favorite. Emit large, roundish, 
with a line red cheek ; flesh dee)) yellow, 
red at stone ; juicy, melting, with a good 
vinous flavor. One of the largest and 
handsomest Reaches ; shoidd be in every 
orchard. Eirst of September. 
Susquehanna. A very handsome and 
valuable Reach ; originated on the banks 
of the Susquehanna river, in Rennsylvania; 
a great favorite wherever known ; fruit of 
the largest size, sometimes measuring 12 
inches in circumference ; skin rich yellow, 
with a beautiful red cheek ; flesh yellow, 
juicv, sweet, with a rich, vinous flavor ; 
the best of all the yellow-fleshed Reaches ; 
freestone ; a moderate bearer. Aug. 25. 
Salway. .A large, late yellow freestone 
of Eaiglish origin ; handsomely mottled, 
with a brownish red cheek ; flesh deep 
yellow, juicy, melting, rich ; very produc- 
tive ; a variety growing more :ind more 
in favor with the orchardists. Ripens 
after Smock Free. 
Smock Free. Rather large ; yellow, with 
a red cheek ; flesh yellow, red at the 
stone ; very productive ; not of high ex- 
cellence, but viiluiibleas a market variety. 
In the Delaware and Maryland Reach- 
growing district this variety is planted 
perhaps more extensively than any other 
sort, and large profits have been realized 
from it. It succeeds well in eastern \'ir- 
ginia, but west of the ridge is not so valu- 
able. Middle to last of .September. 
Stump the World. Large ; creamy white, 
with a bright red cheek ; flesh white, 
juicy and high flavored ; productive ; one 
of the best market varieties. Ripens 
middle of August. 
Sneed, or Peebles. The earliest Reach 
grown ; medium to large ; straw-color, 
with red cheek ; ripens eight days before 
Alexander ; has matured its fruit where 
the above variety rotted on the s:une soil. 
Very hardy and seldom fails. 
Tennessee Everbearing. \V. T. Nichols, 
of Obion cotinty, says of this variety : 
"The parent tree is said to have pro- 
duced its first crop about 188S. The tree 
ripens fruit continuously from about .Aug. 
I to Oct. I. The best specimens on the 
} parent tree at twelve years t)ld measured 
1 2 inches in circumference. .Skin creamy 
white, with a deep blush in the sun ; 
clingstone.” A variety that will bear on 
one tree fruit for two months, having dur- 
ing all that time ripe fruit to be gathered, 
is one that every lover of frtiit will desire 
.on account of its novelty. 
Tburber. Large; skin white, with light 
crimson mottlings ; flesh very juicy, of 
exceedingly fine texture. A seedling of 
Chinese Cling, which it resembles in size 
and beauty, l)ut perfectly free. 
Triumph. This new Rettch bids fair to 
be the greatest acquisition yet intro- 
iluced. .A yellow Reach, ripening so 
early, and a freestone, is a wonder of the 
age. .Mr. J. 1 ). Ilusted, of .Spaulding 
county, Ga., the originator, describes it as 
follows : " Very attractive in ai>pearance ; 
flesh yellow ; seed small ; h:is been sent 
through the mails to dift'erent jtarts of the 
I'nited States, arriving in good order. 
Testimonials from ten of the largest 
Reach-growers scattered in Georgia, New 
Jersey, Ohio, Connecticut and ^lichigan, 
pronounce it a bonanza.” 
Troth’s Early. .A very early and excel- 
lent Reach of medium size ; whitish, with 
a line red cheek ; flesh juicy, sweet ;md 
very good ; one of the most popular and 
profitable varieties for early marketing. 
Middle of July. 
Wheatlaud. An extensive fruit-grower 
says : "It is the largest, hardiest, best, 
most productive and handsomest of its 
season — filling a gap just before Craw- 
ford’s Late, which it excels. Though 
crowded on the tree the fruit was all large.” 
Waterloo. A seedling; originated in \Va' 
terloo, N. Y. ; size medium to large, good 
specimens measuring 9 inches in circum- 
ference and weighing five ounces ; form 
rotiiid, with a deep stiUire on the side ; 
color pale, whitish green in the shade, 
marbled red, deepening into dark purple- 
crimson in the sun ; flesh greenish white, 
with abundance of sweet, vinous juice ; 
adheres considerably to the stone, like 
1 lale’s .Amsden, etc. Ripens with 
Amsden, 
Wonderful. Originated in New Jersey, 
described by the introducer ; size large to 
very large, best specimens from crowded 
trees measuring 1 1 inches in circumfer- 
ence and weighing as many ounces ; 
smooth, almost globular ; very regular and 
uniform in size and sha))e ; color rich 
golden yellow ; flesh yellow, high-flavor- 
yd, firni ; very free. Ripens in October. 
Yellow St. John. (Elater’s St. John.) A 
large, roundish, yellow freestone, ripening 
a little before Troth’s Early ; skin orange- 
yellow, with ;i deep red cheek ; flesh yel- 
low, jtiicy, sweet and high flavored. 
