f*EMT TROPIC CALtFORMA. 
and named by the examining < ■mmittae of Mr. Groom • day 
the fair tbe “Pasadena < linir,” andpronoun- ten the ahnv«o 
ced as 'superior to the Lemon Cling. 1 c t 
saw the report of the committee, and my 
first impression was to say nothing about 
it hut let it pa** and let those plant it that 
Idea 
of U« 
i-h !'■ Hut there «em« to be 
*.J 4 t 
_1 <H eo. 
...> nre anxious to know i( n really >* | 11 * r ’ 
good of bolter than the Lemon < l ug, and V" 1 • M " rr L 
to know what I think of it as a canning j "Ji V . " * 
poach, that 1 have concluded to gtvt* my ! a 
views of it as a Canning peach from in) "T* *" 
stand point, if you will permit me spare in | 
your valuable p iper. 
First, I will say it is nut equal to tb« 
Lemon Cling in any r.*«pect. Second, o 
is quite cross-grained. Thiol, the flesh i»j 
red around the pit, which itt canning will! 
discolor the syrup mid the red pan d the 
(lush will tinii to a dark purpl.i, and fact j fruit, i» withal i 
will discolor the whole pesrli more or Jra« j healthy tree, wr i 
anil give it a dark, muddy appearanco after Lmmi industry, hut h- 
heing processed. That ahum la enough tu | IT"*d variety, a h. «i 
condemn it by cnimerB. Fourth, It wfil be same lime a healthy ... 
quite uti expensive peach to put up, it be ; 'hese q islitlo* are found i 
ing so sour, it will take (I put it low) at j possibly in the 1 ishm 
least two pnuntla of sugar more to tlm •>' i> k \» regard* the K u 
dozen cans to make it equally as sweet r *' lr->m actual r*p» 
the Lemon Cling. Now, I happened to J ”> ev .t v particular b« 
be at the fair at the lime the peach r v "( th * . mi- ty. T u> 
aminoti and compared with the Lem* 
Cling. Ill fact, I took the pit from both 
peaches, and in my opinion it i« not to hr 
compared to the Lemon Cling eiihrr in 
fineness of flesh, flavor or color, and mill | 
must acknowledge it is quite a good peach, 
and oantims would put them up pmvi l.-d 
they could not get tho Lemon Cling. Hut 
old Jl 
Km 
nd had 
nursery of three-year 
budded in May to tl 
approved varieties of orange*. 
g.H»i, generous cultivation the hu, 
large growth* lie fore winter 
fine bushy tops. The winter wa< 
and tinny of the orange hud* were killed, 
while tbe lemon buds were not materially 
1 am satisfied in my own mind that th*! damaged. In the following spring wattrt 
I,e m ill Cling will always sell for do-ilde mg blossoms wrr.- I.omd hr re and their, 
the* money per pound that tbe Ps-vdena »"d the tree* g**w *n that tl « i* «>■, i»i n 
< 'Img will, Then m hy plant it? Why not 1 . 1 l 
■ 
always commands the highest price >n ‘ " I w>> year* nld and the ... «>.g.. r-u h...- ' 
market ? A tree cannot be grown in a day | l'hey were completely )..a*b..| w.tl, bhwso w» 1 
or even n year; nut von ha*u to wail four| *"d young fru.t I'lwy »»•!. rr»i.iv».| i 
nr five years and only to be disappointed at -et iuto r.uhsri] ft»rm, a. i a. >«.. Ie*n, 
last. Cautivra usually pay about four i -i.ts i-mi the owner ,.f th.hard, the* ar* 
per pound for Lemon Cling pearlier.. .1! producing a profitable cr.>p. Tl." bid ■*••• . 
have, myself, paid live cent* per pound fofl three last spring nr.d ihe • .« t m\. *.. i i 1 ■« . * . 
canning, mul glad to get them at that. .«'■ believe i* • fair il.'u»*,a’i .<> ,.f a Sat • a-. ' 
They and the White Heath peach are the . •••' d.-n. with the Kuieka h m.o, promt ,1 ' , ’ 
only ours that we can can and ship sue- ’ the null 
ee**fully t«» the Eastern States and Kun>p«,, From this time i rwar l tlw h 
The Knstern people do 
atone peaches unless 
their peach crop. 
Now, i have bee 
tho nuraorymeu north of hero near >*n , 
Jose and San Francisco, and | find that I" 
. 'I red 
With this * 
•ally . 
will 
somewhat dwarfish, i> 
fotutia, healthy gr**w ' 
mt want our frre-jnf thi 
II case of a failure in hundred In 
j y >*ld. Tin 
,. , thornleoa, a hardt. vfaantafl 
corresponding with' #n .j 4(1 | . r, rr 
j much foe the tree, arm now fw the 
they have aohl all their stock of Cling . ' i '" ..>' n.id-', •".! ,<l 
oesch trees, (Hith tllC White Heath nud ' ' , , ' V ' .* 
I vmi the Kurrka, a a-nsll, tdihvig 
rich in juroe, nod sweet «*r align 
Cling. Now I will 
desirmiB of planting peach tret-r this win 
ter and think they must plant amne kind, 
to take the early and Lip Crawford. F*>»i r 
Smock’a late. These are among the best 
freestone peaches lor cunning. Of the lat¬ 
ter kind* there are a g'*ul many trees "till 
in tlto hands of the nurserymen. 
Kespeetfully yonra, 
.1. J. tihooM 
P. S. Tho following wsi received by 
are facts, i 
Wily excuse 
iwipl* may b» 
atit.m of a pr” 
culture. Hat 
Tbe inland tal 
fur all bra in’hr 
of any mhrr 
I pis.bat 
>iy. 
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