SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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PEACHES FOR THE SOUTH. 
Tested and recommended, by R. Peters, Atlanta ^ Go,. 
The time of ripening, riiore especially of the earlier 
and later sorts, vanes greatly from year to year — influ- 
enced by soil, locality, age of the tree, weather, cultiva- 
tion, &c. 
Early Tillotson, for instance, in 1858, ripened in Mis- 
sissippi June 6; in Macon, Georgia, June 15; inGranite- 
ville, South Carolina, June 15; Atlanta, Georgia, June 23; 
and this season it ripened in Graniteville, South Carolina, 
July 4; and in Atlanta, Georgia, July 12. 
Peach Trees propagated at the South, are entirely ex- 
empt from that destructive disease, known as the “yel- 
lows,” to which Northern grown trees are so liable. 
The only enemy of the Peach Tree at the South, is the 
Peach Tree Borer, (jEgeria exiiiosa) and this insect, so 
destructive to our Southern orchards, can readily be ex- 
terminated in two or three seasons by banking the earth 
around each tree, during the month of May, to the depth 
of teri|or twelve inches, allowing it to remain until early in 
November, when it should be scraped from the tree, ex- 
posing the collar and the main roots to the frosts of winter. 
The Borer, in its moth or egg-laying stage, is, by the 
above process, forced to deposit its eggs on the dry hard 
bark of the tree, where a few worm.s that hatch and es- 
cape the frosts of winter, are readily reached by the knife 
of the orchardist. In Atlanta, Georgia, the first moths of 
the Borer make their appearance early in June, and from 
that on to October, each crop requiring about twelve 
months to pass through the several stages from the egg to 
the moth. 
No. 1. Early Tillotson — Ripe June 15th to 25th; size, 
medium; freestone; flesh white ; the best for market pur- 
poses of the very early varieties, and deservedly popular 
at the South for its productive properties, its fine flavor and 
handsome appearance. 
No. 2. Early York — Ripe June 21st to 30th ; size, me- 
dium; freestone; flesh white; a very delicious peach, 
but rather too delicate for marketing. 
No. 3. Cole's Early — Ripe June 23d to 1st July; size, 
medium; freestone; flesh white; a handsome showy 
peach of fine flavor. 
No. 4. Fay's Early Ann — Ripe June 25th to 1st July ; 
size medium ; freestone ; flesh white ; a very pretty peach, 
of superior flavor. 
No. 5. Troth's Eo,Tly — Ripe 28th of June to 5th July; 
size, medium ; freestone; flesh white and firm, v/ell adapt- 
ed tc niUriictirig. 
No. 6. Early -Ripe July 1st to 12th ; size, 
large; freestone; flesh white; one of the best of its sea- 
son, firm and of good quality. 
No. 7. Eliza — Ripe July 3d to 10th ; size, large ; free- 
stone; flesh yellow ; a very productive and desirable va- 
riety. 
No. 8. George /F— Ripe July 5th to 15th ; size, large; 
freestone ; flesh white ; one oi the best, most showy and 
delicious of peaches. 
No. 9. Grosse Mignonne—K\T^t July 5th to 15th ; size, 
large; freestone; flesh white; by many persons consid- 
ered the best peach in cultivation. 
No. 10. Chinese Cling — Ripe July 6th to 20th ; size, 
very large ; clingstone ; flesh white ; a new variety re- 
cently introduced from China, of good quality, valuable 
for marketing. 
No. 11. Crawford's Early — Ripe July Gth to 20th; 
size, very large; freestone; flesh yellow; a magnificent 
peach of good quality and deservedly popular as a market 
variety. 
No, 12. Early Newington — July 16 to 25; size, 
medium to large; semi-ding; flesh white; a truly deli- 
cious and beautiful peach, worthy of a place in every 
orchard. 
No. 13. Georgia Cling~R\)pt July 16 to 25; size, me- 
dium to large ; clingstone ; flesh white ; a Georgia seed- 
ling of great merit, possessing size, beauty and quality ; 
one of the earliest and best clings in cultivation. 
No. 14. Vanzo,ndt's Suyerh—Rix^t July 18 to 26; size, 
medium to large ; freestone ; flesh white ; a magnificent 
peach of the highest flavor, and in every respect a deci- 
ded acquisition. 
No. 15. Lemon Cling — July 18 to 28; size, large; 
clingstone; flesh yellow; a beautiful lemon-shaped va- 
riety, excellent for marketing and preserving. 
No. 16. Brevoort's Ripe July 20 to 25; size, 
large; freestone; flesh white; one of the highest flavored 
peaches in cultivation. 
No. 17. Old Mixon Cling — Ripe July 25 to August 5; 
size, medium to large; clingstone; flesh white; truly 
delicious, rich and melting ; should be in every collec- 
tion. 
No. 18. Susquehanna — Ripe July 25 to Aug. 5 ; size, 
very large; semi-clingstone; flesh yellow ; a seedling 
from Pennsylvania; a very attractive peach of good qual- 
ity ; capital for marketing. 
. No. 19. Flevrellen—Ript Augusts to 12; size medium; 
clingstone; flesh red; a seedling from middle Georgia, 
where it ranks as the best cling in cultivation. 
No. 20. Crawford,' s Late— R x'^q August 2 to 10; size, 
large; freestone; flesh yellow ; a superb peach of fine 
flavor. 
No. 21. Buckner's Red — Ripe August 1 to 20; size, 
large to very large; semi-clingstone; flesh yellow; a seed- 
ling from middle Georgia, of great merit; a very showy, 
remarkable keeper, and, therefore, valuable as a market 
variety. 
No. 22. Camak's Newington — Ripe August 4 to 16; 
size, medium ; clingstone ; flesh white ; one of the best, 
if not the very best of the August clings ; a great bearer 
and valuable for all purposes. 
No. 23. Old Mixon Free — Ripe August 6 to 12 ; size, 
large; freestone; flesh white ; moderately productive and 
of good flavor. 
No. 24. Druid Hill — Ripe Aug. 8 to 18; size, large; 
freestone ; flesh white ; a truly luscious and attractive 
variety ; should be in every collection. 
No. 25. Brown's Free — Ripe August 11 to 20; size, 
very large ; freestone ; flesh white ; a showy peach ; val- 
uable for marked ng. 
No. 26. \Viiiie English — Ripe August 16 to 25 ; size, 
medium to large ; clingstone ; flesh white ; a seedling 
from upper Georgia ; very popular with the Ladies for pre- 
serving. 
No. 27. Abbott's Late—R\^Q August 16 to 26; size, 
large ; freestone ; flesh pink, firm and of fine flavor. 
No. 28. Po,ce — Ripe August 18 to 29 ; size large to very 
large ; freestone ; flesh yellow striped with red ; a well 
known Georgia seedling of the Indian Peach class, and by 
many persons highly valued. 
No. 29. Tinlcy's Superb — Ripe August 21 to 30 ; size, 
very large; freestone; flesh of a bright orange; a seed- 
ling from the Pace — a magnificent and luscious variety. 
No. 30. Ward's Late — Ripe August 25 to 30; size, 
medium to large ; freestone ; flesh white ; one of the best 
flavored of the August freestone peaches. 
No. 31. Clark's September — Ripe September 3d to 12th; 
size, large ; clingstone; flesh white; a very beautiful 
and high flavored seedling from DeKalb county, Georgia. 
No. 32. LaGrangc — Ripe September 5th to 18th; size, 
medium to large; freestone: flesh white; decidedly an 
acquisition. 
