Vol. LIX. No. 2685. 
THE SOUTHERN PEACH CROP. 
SOME PROMISING NEW VARIETIES. 
Handling the Crop in Texas. 
There has been a perfect flood of peaches from the 
South this season. Many of these are of fine quality 
and very handsome. Many northern growers have 
been watching these new varieties’—especially Car¬ 
man—for they are usually fruited at the South first. 
VVe have secured fair samples of some of these 
peaches for engraving, with notes from Mr. Van 
Lindley, of North Carolina, and Mr. Stubenrauch, of 
Texas, the originator of the Carman. 
Some Varieties in North Carolina. 
After thoroughly examining the Carman peach, 
with other varieties, ripening about the same time, 
we all of us have decided that the Carman is the 
best peach, the best shipper, ripening perfectly all 
over. When perfectly ripe it leaves the seed clean. 
I fruited it this year in the sand hills of Moore 
County, N. C., where the sand is, perhaps, 50 feet 
deep, and also here in the foot hills at my home 
place, in red clay land. Here at Pomona it seems a 
little earlier than Connett’s Early,though at South¬ 
ern Pines they seem to ripen near together. The 
Connett’s Early, shown at Fig. 171, has been quite 
a leader here for about 10 years. It originated in 
this county (Guilford). It seems to be a good 
bearer, but does not color up very well, and ripens 
on the point—gets soft on the point while the 
stump end of the peach is green; though, taking 
it altogether, before the Carman came up, it was a 
valuable peach for both local and distant markets. 
It is a good bearer, and does not often overbear, 
consequently, it Is average good size. I haven’t 
fruited the Carman, Fig. 173, enough to tell all 
about its bearing qualities, but believe, from the 
bloom, which is a large, strong one, that it will 
hold its fruit when many other varieties fail; and 
this is what Mr. Stubenrauch, the originator, 
claims for it. So I am certain, from what I have 
seen this year, that carman is going to be a lead¬ 
ing market peach for that season. It ripens here, 
common seasons, the first week in July. This sea¬ 
son was a very late one, and all early varieties 
were at least 10 days later than usual. 
The Hynes’ Surprise, Fig. 174, is a great bearer 
and unless the fruit is thinned it will be small, but 
when it is thinned its color makes it a fine ship- 
NEW YORK, JULY 28, 1900. 
of the Governor Briggs, Fig. 172, from Mr. Stuben¬ 
rauch, of Texas, some two years ago, but I have not 
fruited it yet. It r; a fine grower in the nursery; and 
as a yellow variety, judging from its history, it will 
be another leader of that season. 
Pomona, N. C. J. w. van lindley. 
The Carman Peach at Its Home. 
This peach has again this season proved to be all 
that has been claimed for it; second early in ripening, 
tree a fine grower, productive, fruit of high quality, 
fine size, and an excellent shipper. It is every way far 
superior to such peaches as Early Rivers and its sub- 
varieties. Here we can sell no other peach from the 
wagon as long as there is a basket of Carmans in 
sight. Ripened on the trees, this peach is a beauty 
indeed, and it tastes just as good as it looks. Well 
might Friend Hale be proud of it, for if it succeed 
with him as it does at its home, he has struck a 
bonanza. 
To make the growing of peaches for market profit¬ 
able anyone needs but few varieties, so to speak, but 
these must be of the very best, and of a succession of 
ripening on through the season. The best early peach 
THE CARMAN PEACH. Fia. 173. 
General Lee and Bessie Kerr, both finer clings than 
Picquet, Salway and Levy. This assortment has 
given excellent success for market purposes, thus far. 
I have quite a number more of new varieties, that 
may displace some Of those named above in time. 
A man, iin order to keep up with the business, 
must continue experimenting with the promising 
new varieties. 
For growing high-grade fruit, which everybody 
should try to do, one must pay close attention to 
the business. The trees must be well pruned and 
cultivated and the proper thinning of the fruit is 
invariably of the utmost importance. Few of us 
understand this as it should be. Then the dis¬ 
posal of the wormy fruit as it falls from the trees 
must be attended to, so as to check the ravages 
of the curculio. A good bunch of Essex shotes is 
excellent for this, and will prove a source of 
revenue besides, by converting the dangerous 
waste into valuable pork. I prefer the Essex, for 
the simple reason that they are short-legged, and 
clumsy, and keep fat easily, a condition not con¬ 
ducive to climbing up and tearing down limbs 
within reach. Then it sometimes happens that 
corn is short and costly for fattening hogs in the 
South. This breed, always naturally fat, can be 
got ready for the butcher with very little corn. 
This is not to be done with the Berkshire or 
Poland-China. I would never undertake the grow- 
81 PER YEAR. 
GOVERNOR BRIGGS PEACH. Fig. 172. 
per and a good seller on the market. The Car¬ 
man being so high-colored, and so much larger, it is 
bound to supersede Hynes’ Surprise. I procured buds 
CONNETT’S EARLY PEACH. Fig. 171. 
for us here is the Triumph. It has the right color, 
yellow and free, is of good form and size, much 
freer from rot than its parent, the Alexander. Some 
we shipped brought 90 cents per peck box, when 
Alexander on same markets, on same days, brought 
only 25 cents. The ripening period of this lasts until 
the Carman appears. Close following Carman, we 
have here a peach that was bought several years 
back under the name of Governor Briggs. Out of 
about 10 trees bought from reliable sources, there was 
one that seemed to bear better fruit than any of 
the rest; from this, a lot of seedlings were budded in 
permanent position in orchard, and these have for a 
number of years furnished us the finest, best-paying 
peaches, following the Carman, and reaching to ripen¬ 
ing period of Elberta, that we have yet seen. This 
exactly displaces Mountain Rose, Amelia Tillotson, 
etc. It is a firm-fleshed, high-colored, fine-quality 
yellow freestone, of same season, outsells Mountain 
Rose; besides it is not near as much subject to be¬ 
coming wormy as are white-fleshed varieties. El¬ 
berta, of course, is the standard for its season. Close¬ 
ly following it, we have the best-flavored peach ex¬ 
tant, a beautiful white freestone of shape and size of 
Mountain Rose, named Mrs, Brett. After it come 
ing of peaches without the help of shotes as scav¬ 
engers. Where we had of some varieties some years, 
as high as 75 per cent wormy, since we have the 
HYNES’ SURPRISE PEACH. Fig. 174. 
